Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care
Volume 40, Issue 8 , Pages 186-215 , September 2010

Mercury Exposure and Children's Health

  • Stephan Bose-O'Reilly, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment, Department of Public Health, Information Systems and Health Technology Assessment, UMIT—University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall i.T, Austria
    • ,
  • Kathleen M. McCarty, ScD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT
    • ,
  • Nadine Steckling, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment, Department of Public Health, Information Systems and Health Technology Assessment, UMIT—University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall i.T, Austria
    • ,
  • Beate Lettmeier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment, Department of Public Health, Information Systems and Health Technology Assessment, UMIT—University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall i.T, Austria

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