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Minamata disease: A 1989 update on the mercury poisoning epidemic in Japan.

F C Davies1.   

Abstract

Minamata disease first became evident in Japan in 1956 and was caused by methyl mercury exposure. Over 20,000 people are now thought to have been affected. This article compares the situation immediately following the initial discovery with that now prevalent.

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Year:  1991        PMID： 24202728     DOI： 10.1007/BF01783494

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Environ Geochem Health        ISSN： 0269-4042            Impact factor:   4.609


  4 in total

1.  [NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISTURBANCES DUE TO ORGANIC MERCURY POISONING DURING THE PRENATAL PERIOD].

Authors:  M HARADA
Journal:  Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi       Date:  1964-06

2.  Minamata disease: an unusual neurological disorder caused by contaminated fish.

Authors:  D McALPINE; S ARAKI
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  1958-09-20       Impact factor: 79.321

3.  Methylmercury and selenium in umbilical cords of inhabitants of the Minamata area.

Authors:  S Nishigaki; M Harada
Journal:  Nature       Date:  1975-11-27       Impact factor: 49.962

4.  Synthesis of methyl-mercury compounds by extracts of a methanogenic bacterium.

Authors:  J M Wood; F S Kennedy; C G Rosen
Journal:  Nature       Date:  1968-10-12       Impact factor: 49.962
  4 in total
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1.  Therapeutic Efficacy of the N,N' Bis-(2-Mercaptoethyl) Isophthalamide Chelator for Methylmercury Intoxication in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Authors:  Tao Ke; Julia Bornhorst; Tanja Schwerdtle; Abel Santamaría; Félix Alexandre Antunes Soare; João B T Rocha; Marcelo Farina; Aaron B Bowman; Michael Aschner
Journal:  Neurotox Res       Date:  2020-03-31       Impact factor: 3.911
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