Mercury Exposure in a Riverside Amazon Population, Brazil: A Study of the Ototoxicity of Methylmercury

Abstract Introduction Mercury poisoning causes hearing loss in humans and animals. Acute and long-term exposures produce irreversible peripheral and central auditory system damage, and mercury in its various forms of presentation in the environment is ototoxic. Objective We...

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Main Authors: Ana Hoshino, Heloisa Pacheco-Ferreira, Seisse Gabriela G. Sanches, Renata Carvallo, Nathália Cardoso, Maurício Perez, Volney de Magalhães Câmara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2015-02-01
Series:International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0034-1544115