Mercury and Methylmercury Toxicology and Risk Assessment

• Main Author: Chan, Laurie Hing Man (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; toxicity; Cd; n/a; chemokine; sympathodominant state; child development; mRNA; exposure assessment; methylmercury; Pb; prenatal exposure; heart rate variability; review; cortical precursors; CCL4; Fish; delayed toxicity; dose-response relationship; Hg; severity; low-dose exposure; long term exposure; methylmercury neurotoxicity; brain; correlation of signs and symptoms; developmental neurotoxicity; symptoms; molecular mechanisms; neurological findings; delayed effects; kinetics; fetus; oxidative stress; mercury vapor; metallothionein-III
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Summary

Mercury is a global pollutant that affects the health of both humans and ecosystems. This Special Issue collects three review papers and six research articles that report on the latest findings on the mechanisms of mercury toxicology and its impacts on environmental health. This collection of papers provides useful, new information on the mechanisms of mercury toxicity and methods of improving the risk assessment of mercury exposure.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (142 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03897-971-5
9783038979708
9783038979715

Access

Open Access