Chromosome breakage in humans exposed to methyl mercury through fish consumption
Journal Article
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· Arch. Environ. Health; (United States)
OSTI ID:5641195
Chromosome analysis was performed on cells from lymphocyte cultures from nine subjects with increased levels of mercury in their red blood cells and in four healthy controls. The elevated mercury levels were likely to have originated from dietary fish with high levels of methyl mercury. A statistically significant rank correlation was found between the frequency of cells with chromosome breaks and mercury concentration. The biological significance of these findings is at present unknown.
- Research Organization:
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture of Rhodesia, South Africa
- OSTI ID:
- 5641195
- Journal Information:
- Arch. Environ. Health; (United States), Vol. 21
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
FISHES
CONTAMINATION
FOOD CHAINS
MAN
CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS
METHYLMERCURY
GENETIC EFFECTS
DIET
ERYTHROCYTES
LYMPHOCYTES
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TOXICITY
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY FLUIDS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
DISTRIBUTION
LEUKOCYTES
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
MUTATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS
PRIMATES
SOMATIC CELLS
VERTEBRATES
560306* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Man- (-1987)
560305 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Vertebrates- (-1987)
FISHES
CONTAMINATION
FOOD CHAINS
MAN
CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS
METHYLMERCURY
GENETIC EFFECTS
DIET
ERYTHROCYTES
LYMPHOCYTES
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TOXICITY
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY FLUIDS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
DISTRIBUTION
LEUKOCYTES
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
MUTATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS
PRIMATES
SOMATIC CELLS
VERTEBRATES
560306* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Man- (-1987)
560305 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Vertebrates- (-1987)