Visual System Manifestations due to Systemic Exposure to Mercury

This article is a summary of the available literature on ocular symptoms due to systemic exposure to mercury. Mercury compounds are first described in terms of their different forms, industrial applications, mechanisms and routes of exposure, toxicity levels, and treatment methods. Eye symptoms are...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cutaneous and ocular toxicology 2006-01, Vol.25 (3), p.173-183
Hauptverfasser: El-Sherbeeny, Ahmed M., Odom, James V., Smith, James E.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article is a summary of the available literature on ocular symptoms due to systemic exposure to mercury. Mercury compounds are first described in terms of their different forms, industrial applications, mechanisms and routes of exposure, toxicity levels, and treatment methods. Eye symptoms are then characterized for organic and inorganic forms of mercury by using the form of various documented case studies of chronic and acute exposure to various mercury compounds.
ISSN:1556-9527
1556-9535
DOI:10.1080/15569520600860215