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[Mercury hazard in pediatric practice]
H F Rocha1, I F Farias, I G Farias
1Departmento de Pediatria, UFRJ.
Jornal De Pediatria
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
Medical doctors, nurses, attendants, and patients at the UFRJ paediatric hospital were accidentally exposed to inorganic mercury. From July to December 1992, 228 mercury thermometers were broken in 6 paediatric wards. Contamination of the exposed group was assessed by a comparative cross sectional study in January 93. Mercury concentration was found to be two times higher in the urine of these professionals than in the control group (p<0.001).