Background There is evidence that exposure to mercury (Hg) may be a risk factor for
cardiovascular disease (CVD). Objective To conduct a systematic review of published …

Luminescence bioimaging offers a unique approach for visualizing morphological details of
tissues with subcellular resolution and has become a powerful tool for the manipulation and …

This review covers the toxicology of mercury and its compounds. Special attention is paid to
those forms of mercury of current public health concern. Human exposure to the vapor of …

Because of continuing concern over mercury in the environment and its deleterious effects
on human health, obtaining new mercury detection methods that are costeffective, rapid …

Acute or chronic mercury exposure can cause adverse effects during any period of
development. Mercury is a highly toxic element; there is no known safe level of exposure …

EFSA was asked by the European Commission to consider new developments regarding
inorganic mercury and methylmercury toxicity and evaluate whether the Joint FAO/WHO …

A cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births was generated during 1986–1987 in the Faroe
Islands. Increased methylmercury exposure from maternal consumption of pilot whale meat …

Mercury has long been recognised as toxic, principally in relation to its effects on humans
following acute or prolonged high-level occupational exposures and, in the latter half of the …

Within a cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births in the Faroe Islands, we assessed
prenatal methylmercury exposure from the maternal hair mercury concentration. At …

Exposure to toxic mercury (Hg) is a growing health hazard throughout the world today.
Recent studies show that mercury exposure may occur in the environment, and increasingly …