Mercury Burden of Human Autopsy Organs and Tissues

References

• D’ltri , FM . 1972 . “ Background concentrations of mercury in the environment ” . In The Environmental Mercury Problem , Cleveland : CRC Press . in, chap 2
   Google Scholar
• Selikoff , IJ . 1971 . Hazards of mercury . Environ Res , 4 : 1 – 69 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Friberg , L and Vostal , J . 1972 . Mercury in the Environment , Cleveland : CRC Press .
   Google Scholar
• 1966 . Meeting of investigators for the international study of normal values for toxic substances in the human body . WHO Occup Health , 66 : 39 – 51 . World Health Organization
   Google Scholar
• 1969 . Maximum allowable concentrations of mercury compounds . Arch Environ Health , 19 : 891 – 905 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Tejning , S . 1969 . International and Swedish standards concerning the mercury contents of food stuffs in the light of the amounts present in fish, in blood corpuscles, blood plasma and hair of man . Nord Hyg Tidskr , 50 : 103 – 115 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Suzuki , T , Miyama , T and Katsunuma , H . 1970 . Comparison of mercury contents in maternal blood, umbilical cord and placental tissues . Bull Environ Contam Toxicol , 5 : 502 – 508 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Perkons , AK and Jervis , RE . 1966 . Trace elements in human head hair . J Forensic Sci Soc , 11 : 50 – 63 .
   Google Scholar
• Bate , LC and Dyer , FF . 1965 . Trace elements in human hair . Nucleonics , 23 : 74 – 81 .
   Google Scholar
• Yamaguchi , S and Matsumoto , H . The diagnostic significance of the amount of mercury in hair . Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Occupational Health, 1966 . 1010 Vienna . pp. 255 – 286 . Vienna Academy of Medicine, Publication Department, Stadiongasse 6–18 . in the
   Google Scholar
• Goldwater , LJ , Ladd , AC and Jacobs , M . 1964 . Absorption and excretion of mercury in man . Arch Environ Health , 9 : 735 – 741 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mottet , NK and Kohnen , P . 1970 . Should your hospital have a multipurpose autopsy service? . Hosp Prac , 5 : 77 – 89 .
   Google Scholar
• Hatch , WR and Ott , WL . 1968 . Determination of submicrogram quantities of mercury by atomic absorption spectrophotometry . Anal Chem , 40 : 2085 – 2087 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rathje , AO . 1969 . A rapid ultraviolet absorption method for the determination of mercury in urine . Am Ind Hyg Assoc J , 30 : 126 – 132 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Lindstedt , G . 1970 . A rapid method for the determination of mercury in urine . Analyst , 95 : 264 – 271 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tentative Method for Mercury (Flameless Atomic Absorption) , Cincinnati, OH 45202 : Anal Quantity Control Laboratory, 1014 Broadway .
   Google Scholar
• Analytical Procedures for Mercury Analysis of Water and Fish Tissues , Washington, DC : US Department of the Interior, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Southwest Region . Publication No. 17
   Google Scholar
• Munns , RK and Holland , DC . 1971 . Determination of mercury in fish by flameless atomic absorption: A collaborative study . J Assoc Off Anal Chem , 54 : 202 – 205 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Unicam Atomic Absorption Method: Mercury in Canned Fish by Cold Vapour Atomic Absorption , 750 S Fulton Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550 : Philips Electronic Institute .
   Google Scholar
• Ostlund , K . 1969 . Studies on the metabolism of methyl mercury and dimethylmercury in mice . Acta Pharmacol Toxicol (Kbh) , 27 ( suppl 1 ) : 1 – 132 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Clarkson , TW . 1972 . The pharmacology of mercury compounds . Ann Rev Pharmacol , 12 : 375 – 406 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Stock , A . 1940 . Der quecksilbergehalt des menschlichen organismus . Biochem Z , 304 : 73 – 80 .
   Google Scholar
• Forney , RB and Harger , RN . 1949 . Mercury content of human tissues from routine autopsy material . Fed Proc , 8 : 292
   Google Scholar
• Butt , EM and Simonsen , DG . 1950 . Mercury and lead storage in human tissues . Am J Clin Pathol , 20 : 716 – 723 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Griffith , GC , Butt , EM and Walker , J . 1954 . The inorganic element content of certain human tissues . Ann Intern Med , 41 : 501 – 509 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Samsahl , K and Brune , D . 1965 . Simultaneous determination of 30 trace elements in cancerous and non-cancerous human tissue samples by neutron activation analysis . Int J Appl Radiat Isot , 16 : 273 – 281 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• et al. Mercury levels in normal human tissues J Forensic Sci Soc 1964 9 501 510
   Google Scholar
• Kitamura , S . 1968 . “ Determination on mercury content in bodies of inhabitants, cats, fishes and shells in Minamata district and in the mud of Minamata Bay ” . In Minamata Disease , 257 – 266 . Japan : Kumamoto University . in
   Google Scholar
• Howie , RA and Smith , H . 1967 . Mercury in human tissue . J Forensic Sci Soc , 7 : 90 – 96 .
   Google Scholar
• Joselow , MM , Goldwater , LJ and Weinberg , SB . 1967 . Absorption and excretion of mercury in man: XI. Mercury content of “normal” human tissues . Arch Environ Health , 15 : 64 – 66 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Glomski , CA , Brody , H and Pillay , SK . 1971 . Distribution and concentration of mercury in autopsy specimens of human brain . Nature , 232 : 200 – 201 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• et al. Mercury content of human tissues during the 20th century Am J Public Health 1972 62 504 513
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• et al. Selenium: Relation to decreased toxicity of methylmercury added to diets containing tuna Science 1972 75 1122 1124
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Potter , SD and Matrone , G . June 1973 . “ Effects of selenite on the toxicity and retention of dietary methylmercury and mercuric chloride ” . In Environmental Health Perspective June , 111 in
   Google Scholar
• Sahagian , BM , Harding-Barlow , I and Perry , HM Jr . 1966 . Uptake of zinc, manganese, cadmium, and mercury by intact strips of rat intestine . J Nutr , 90 : 259 – 267 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gale , TF . 1973 . The interaction of mercury with cadmium and zinc in mammalian embryonic development . Environ Res , 6 : 95 – 105 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar