| Literature DB >> 8714874 |
E Cernichiari1, R Brewer, G J Myers, D O Marsh, L W Lapham, C Cox, C F Shamlaye, M Berlin, P W Davidson, T W Clarkson.
Abstract
Autopsy brains were obtained from infants dying from a variety of causes within a few days of birth in a population exposed to methylmercury in fish. Infant and maternal blood and hair samples were also obtained. The concentration of total mercury in 6 major brain regions were highly correlated with maternal hair levels. This correlation was confirmed by a sequence of comparisons of maternal hair to maternal blood to infant blood and finally to infant brain. The results lend support to the use of maternal hair in assessing fetal exposure to methylmercury in fish-eating populations.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 8714874
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurotoxicology ISSN: 0161-813X Impact factor: 4.294