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Mercury in Mouse Brain after Inhalation of Mercury Vapour and after Intravenous Injection of Mercury Salt

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THE question of whether or not exposure to mercury vapour is equivalent to parenteral administration of mercuric ions for tissue accumulation is of great importance when evaluating experimental results for the purpose of setting threshold limits for mercury in ambient air. Clarkson et al.1 showed that mercury vapour is rapidly oxidized to mercury ions in the erythrocytes of the blood.

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  1. Department of General Hygiene, Institute of Hygiene, University of Gothenburg, and Institute of Hygiene, Karolinska Institutet and National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm

    M. BERLIN & L. G. JOHANSSON

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BERLIN, M., JOHANSSON, L. Mercury in Mouse Brain after Inhalation of Mercury Vapour and after Intravenous Injection of Mercury Salt. Nature 204, 85–86 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204085a0

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