Author: Buckell M, Hunter D, et al.
Source: Br J Ind Med.
Year: 1946
Comment:
This study examines mercury poisoning and its symptoms.
Abstract / Excerpt:
“The symptoms of chronic mercury poisoning are erethism, tremor and stomatitis. Seventy-two men in a thermometer workshop and 11 in a chemical works making pharmaceutical compounds of mercury were examined. Mass observation suggests that the thermometer workers suffered from mild chronic mercury poisoning, whereas little abnormality was seen in the older group of chemical workers. Atmosphere and urine estimations showed that the thermometer makers were excreting up to 10 times as much mercury in a day as could possibly be absorbed from the atmosphere.”
Citation:
Buckell M, Hunter D, et al. Chronic mercury poisoning. Br J Ind Med. 1946; 3:55-63.