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Mercury content of head hair from residents on the coast of Jakarta Bay

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  1. First Department of Physiology, Asahikawa Medical College, Nishikagura 4-5-3-11, 078-11, Asahikawa, Japan

    H. Ohno

  2. Department of Public Health, Asahikawa Medical College, Kumamoto University, 862, Kumamoto, Japan

    R. Doi

  3. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Constitutional Medicine, Kumamoto University, 862, Kumamoto, Japan

    Y. Tani & M. Harada

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Ohno, H., Doi, R., Tani, Y. et al. Mercury content of head hair from residents on the coast of Jakarta Bay. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 33, 382–385 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625559

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