Biology Disease
Work-Related Diseases



[a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] [h] [i] [j] [k] [l] [m] [n] [o] [p] [q] [r] [s] [t] [u] [v] [w] [x] [y] [z]

  • Manganese, chronic toxic effect
  • Measles
  • Melioidosis
  • Meningococcal meningitis
  • Mercury, elemental, chronic toxic effect
  • Metal fume fever
  • Methemoglobinemia, acute severe
  • Methemoglobinemia, subacute
  • Mill fever
  • Mumps
  • Murine typhus




  • Occupational Diseases


    Work-Related Diseases

    Find information on occupational work-related diseases including diseases, category and group, synonyms, severity, latency, risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatments and options. 

    Mercury, elemental, chronic toxic effect

    Occupational Disease Mercury, elemental, chronic toxic effect

    Mercury, elemental, chronic toxic effect Category Poisoning, Heavy Metal

    Mercury, elemental, chronic toxic effect Severity

    Chronic

    Mercury, elemental, chronic toxic effect Synonyms

    Mercury poisoning

    Information on Mercury, elemental, chronic toxic effect Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging

    Inhalation of elemental mercury vapor is the most common exposure leading to occupational mercury poisoning. Mercury can cause peripheral neuropathy and neuropsychiatric disorders after chronic exposure. The key to preventing chronic mercury poisoning is to reduce spills and clean up ones that occur. [ATSDR Case Studies # 17]

    Mercury, elemental, chronic toxic effect Latency

    Days to weeks

    Mercury, elemental, chronic toxic effect References

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11851215&dopt=Abstract

    BiologyDisease.com ©  2009, Your resource for Biology and Diseases.