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Inorganic Mercurial Poisoning [PDF]
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 1981 The clinical course of a patient who ingested inorganic mercurial compounds is described. The toxicity of these compounds is discussed and approaches to management outlined. As the long term prognosis in such cases is uncertain, intensive resuscitation and supportive therapy would appear to be justified.
M E, Datyner, P A, Cox
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Outbreak of Fatal Childhood Lead Poisoning Related to Artisanal Gold Mining in Northwestern Nigeria, 2010. [PDF]
, 2011 Background: In May 2010, a team of national and international organizations was assembled to investigate children's deaths due to lead poisoning in villages in northwestern Nigeria.
Abdullahi M. Bashir +18 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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Thiol-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica for Effective Trap of Mercury in Rats [PDF]
, 2016 The chance of exposure to heavy metal for human being rises severely today due to the increasing water contamination and air pollution. Here, we prepared a series of thiol-functionalized mesoporous silica as oral formulation for the prevention and ...
Gou, ML +11 more
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Taki Onqoy: Mercury poisoning epidemic in 16th century Huamanga
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2017 Taki Onqoy is a syndrome that corresponds to the poisoning from exposure to mercury. It appeared as a result of the exploitation of the mercury mines of Paras and Huancavelica in Peru during the 16th century. The Cachexia mercurial, the last stage of the
Luis Alberto Santa María
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Survey of Methylmercury Exposures and Risk Factors Among Indigenous Communities in Guyana, South America [PDF]
Journal of Health and Pollution, 2020 Background. Gold mining activities in forested areas across Guyana have been a common practice for more than a century. The intensification of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in recent decades caused by global market demand is contributing ...
L. Cynthia Watson +3 more
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Cholera revolts: a class struggle we may not like [PDF]
, 2017 Few have studied cholera revolts comparatively, and certainly not over the vast terrain from Asiatic Russia to Quebec or across time from the first European cholera wave of the 1830s to the twentieth century.
Cohn Jr, Samuel Kline
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Accidental consumption of mercury by 3 year-old child - case report
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019 Consumption of mercury can be accidental or on purpose. The article presents a case of a 3 yo child’s word patient after accidental consumption of mercury contained in the thermometer used to check the body temperature of body during infection.
Magdalena Fabjan, Robert Majcher
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PhotoMat, EarlyView., 2023 Photocatalytic water splitting for co‐evolution of H2 and H2O2 is deemed as a sustainable and promising strategy to address energy and environment issues, thus receiving increasing attention and realizing continuous achievements. This review aims to offer a deep understanding of the mechanism for H2 and H2O2 co‐evolution and the design principle of ...
Qiaohong Zhu +4 more
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Disseminated pulmonary emboli caused by mercury: A rare consequence of Munchausen's syndrome
Clinical Case Reports, 2020 To learn about the imaging characteristics of pulmonary emboli caused by metallic mercury and be aware that an underlying psychiatric condition might exist when mercury poisoning is not caused by occupational exposure.
Wen Shi, Yang Jiao
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