Methylmercury exposure and health effects in humans: a worldwide concern

D Mergler, HA Anderson, LHM Chan… - AMBIO: A Journal of the …, 2007 - BioOne
The paper builds on existing literature, highlighting current understanding and identifying
unresolved issues about MeHg exposure, health effects, and risk assessment, and …

The clinical applications of multifocal electroretinography: a systematic review

TYY Lai, WM Chan, RYK Lai, JWS Ngai, H Li… - Survey of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) is an investigation that can simultaneously measure
multiple electroretinographic responses at different retinal locations by cross-correlation …

[HTML][HTML] Occupational hazards to dental staff

J Ayatollahi, F Ayatollahi, AM Ardekani… - Dental research …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dental professionals are predisposed to a number of occupational hazards. These include
exposure to infections (including Human Immunodeficiency Virus and viral hepatitis); …

Red-green color vision impairment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

MF Costa, AGF Oliveira, C Feitosa-Santana… - The American Journal of …, 2007 - cell.com
The present study evaluated the color vision of 44 patients with Duchenne muscular
dystrophy (DMD)(mean age 14.8 years; SD 4.9) who were submitted to a battery of four …

Cobalt–chromium toxic retinopathy case study

W Apel, D Stark, A Stark, S O'Hagan, J Ling - Documenta Ophthalmologica, 2013 - Springer
Purpose To report the clinical case of a 65-year-old male who developed retinal dysfunction
following cobalt–chromium toxicity. Methods A review of the clinical, haematological …

Colour vision and contrast sensitivity losses of mercury intoxicated industry workers in Brazil

DF Ventura, AL Simões, S Tomaz, MF Costa… - Environmental …, 2005 - Elsevier
We evaluated vision loss in workers from fluorescent lamp industries (n= 39) who had retired
due to intoxication with mercury vapour and had been away from the work situation for …

Long-term occupational exposure to organic solvents affects color vision, contrast sensitivity and visual fields

TL Costa, MTS Barboni, ALA Moura, DMO Bonci… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the visual outcome of chronic occupational
exposure to a mixture of organic solvents by measuring color discrimination, achromatic …

Comparison of visual functions of two Amazonian populations: Possible consequences of different mercury exposure

EMCB Lacerda, GS Souza, MIT Cortes… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The present study investigated the visual perimetry and color vision of two Amazonian
populations differently exposed to mercury. Ten riverines environmentally exposed to …

Effects of environmental contaminant exposure on visual brain development: a prospective electrophysiological study in school-aged children

AA Ethier, G Muckle, C Bastien, E Dewailly, P Ayotte… - Neurotoxicology, 2012 - Elsevier
The Inuit from Nunavik (Northern Québec) are one of the most highly exposed populations to
environmental contaminants in North America mainly due to the bioaccumulation of …

Mercury intoxication and ophthalmic involvement: an update review

C de Los Santos, JC Pastor, M Calonge - Frontiers in Toxicology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human intoxication after mercury exposure is a rare condition that can cause severe
damage to the central nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, skin, and …