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Neurotoxicity of mercury--indicators and effects of low-level exposure: overview
Neurotoxicology
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
The theme of the Twelfth International Neurotoxicology Conference was Neurotoxicity of Mercury: Indicators and Effects of Low-Level Exposure. Papers related to the topic appear in NeuroToxicology 16(4):1995 and 17(1):1996 (this issue). This overview provides the reader with a guide by discussing the papers under the topics of human exposure, human health effects, risk assessment, mechanism of action, and primate models.
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