Acute and chronic poisoning from residential exposures to elemental mercury--Michigan, 1989-1990

Journal Article · Fri Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · MMWR, CDC Surveillance Summaries; (United States)

OSTI ID:5505381

From May 1989 through November 1990, eight episodes of elemental mercury exposure in private residences or schools in the United States were reported to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The case studies in this report document two of these episodes (both in Michigan) of residential mercury poisoning--one involving acute mercury exposure, and the other, chronic exposure to elemental mercury. These episodes illustrate the differing clinical and toxicologic manifestations of acute and chronic mercury poisoning.

• OSTI ID: 5505381
• Journal Information: MMWR, CDC Surveillance Summaries; (United States), Vol. 40:23; ISSN 0149-2195
• 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.
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CHRONIC EXPOSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
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MICHIGAN
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
ANIMALS
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DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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