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Population-based inorganic mercury biomonitoring and the identification of skin care products as a source of exposure in New York City.

Wendy McKelvey, Nancy Jeffery, Nancy Clark, Daniel Kass, and Patrick J Parsons

Environ Health Perspect 119(2):203-9 (2011) PMID 20923743

Mercury is a toxic metal that has been used for centuries as a constituent of medicines and other items.

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002396
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