Intrauterine Exposure Assessment of Methylmercury
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* A part of this article was translated to English and then restructured from the content of the paper entitled “Usefulness of mercury concentrations in umbilical cord as biomarkers of fetal exposure to methylmercury” by Murata, K., Dakeishi, M., Shimada, M. & Satoh, H. (Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi, 62, 949-959, 2007), originally written in Japanese. Received August 27, 2007; revision accepted for publication October 9, 2007. Correspondence: Hiroshi Satoh, M.D., Environmental Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. e-mail: [email protected] Review
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