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Ulcerative colitis reactivation after mercury vapor inhalation.

Curtis E CE Cummings and Kenneth D KD Rosenman

Am J Ind Med 49(6):499-502 (2006) PMID 16691608

After exposure to mercury vapor at three consecutive 10-month intervals, an electrician in an electroplating plant had flare-ups of ulcerative colitis within 24 hr, that subsided in several days, then returned upon re-exposure 10 months later.

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20306
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