Mercury Poisoning in Paper Pica

To the Editor: During a testing program to detect the exposure of Indian and Inuit residents of Canada to methyl mercury, a 46-year-old native woman was found to have the highest recorded mercury level in Manitoba. A hair sample (the concentration of mercury in hair is proportional to its concentrat...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 306; no. 17; pp. 1056 - 1057
Main Authors Olynyk, F, Sharpe, D H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 29.04.1982
Subjects
Anemia, Hypochromic - complications
Female
Humans
Mercury Poisoning - etiology
Middle Aged
Pica - complications
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Summary:To the Editor: During a testing program to detect the exposure of Indian and Inuit residents of Canada to methyl mercury, a 46-year-old native woman was found to have the highest recorded mercury level in Manitoba. A hair sample (the concentration of mercury in hair is proportional to its concentration in blood and is many times higher than that level) revealed a value that corresponded to a level of 251 ppb in blood. Subjects were considered at risk for mercury poisoning if they had over 100 ppb of mercury in their blood; the normal range is less than 20 ppb. . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM198204293061719