PLoS ONE, 2022 ObjectiveEnvironmental toxicants are suspected to play a part in the pathogenesis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and may underlie its increasing incidence.
Roger Pamphlett, David P Bishop
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Inhalation of mercury vapor can cause the toxic effects on rat kidney [PDF]
, 2016 Dental amalgam has been used in dentistry as a filling material. The filler comprises mercury (Hg). It is considered one of the most important and widespread environmental pollutants, which poses a serious potential threat for the humans and animals ...
Akgul, Hayati Murat +5 more
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Identification of mercury species in spent fluorescent lamps and mercury recovery by distillation
Energy Reports, 2023 The discarding of spent fluorescent lamps, one of the most significant sources of mercury usage in industry, might cause mercury release into the environment when suffering from breakage.
Tong Li +3 more
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BMC Cancer, 2019 Background The surgical treatment of breast cancer has been associated with negative consequences for patients’ body image, sexual functioning, mental health, and social adjustment.
Jennifer Gass +2 more
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Solidifying Power Electronics [Historical] [PDF]
, 2018 More than one century ago, in 1902, American engineer Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861\u20131921) derived the mercury arc-rectifier, enclosed in a glass bulb, from his mercury-vapor lamp of the previous year.
Guarnieri, Massimo
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Synthesis of chitosan-based resins modified with tris(2-aminoethyl)amine moiety and its application to collection/concentration and determination of trace mercury by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry [PDF]
, 2008 A novel chitosan-based chelating resin modified with tris(2-aminoethyl)amine moiety (CCTS-TAA) was synthesized. and its characteristics in the collection/concentration of mercury was examined.
Hakim, Lukman +4 more
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A Cross-Sectional Survey on Knowledge and Perceptions of Health Risks Associated with Arsenic and Mercury Contamination from Artisanal Gold mining in Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 million informal miners, of whom 30-50% are women, rely on artisanal mining for their livelihood in Tanzania. Mercury, used in the processing gold ore, and arsenic, which is a constituent of some ores, are common occupational ...
A Vreedzaa +35 more
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Natural, cultural and industrial heritage as a basis for sustainable regional development within the Geopark Idrija project (Slovenia) [PDF]
Geographica Pannonica, 2010 The Idrija Municipality, situated in the western part of Slovenia, extends over an area of 294 km2 with around 12,000 inhabitants. The area of Idrija is placed at the crossing of Dinaric and Alpine mountain ranges.
Gorjup-Kavčič Mojca +4 more
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The activation of hydrogen by excited mercury atoms [PDF]
, 1925 That mercury atoms excited by absorption of the line 2537Å are able to activate various kinds of atoms by collisions of the second kind has been shown in several different ways.
Mitchell, Allan C. G.
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Patient Safety in Surgery, 2017 Background Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a well-established surgical treatment. Several types of intervertebral spacers can be used, but there is increasing evidence that PEEK cages yield insufficient fusion and thus less clinical ...
Andreas Kotsias +4 more
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