Significance of mercury in the environment

Distribution of the Elements in Some Major Units of the Earth's Crust

1961 • 5,165 citations

Personal communication

1989 • 2,984 citations

A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry

1931 • 1,258 citations

Biological Methylation of Mercury in Aquatic Organisms

1969 • 940 citations

Pesticide Residues in Food

1973 • 612 citations

The general pharmacology of the heavy metals.

1961 • 469 citations

A pathological study of Minamata disease in Japan

1962 • 393 citations

Determination of Methylmercury Compounds in Foodstuffs. I. Methylmercury Compounds in Fish; Identification and Determination.

1966 • 390 citations

Minamata disease. The outbreak of a neurologic disorder in Minamata, Japan, and its relationship to the ingestion of seafood contaminated by mercuric compounds.

1960 • 343 citations

FETAL MINAMATA DISEASE

1965 • 331 citations

A PHYSICOCHEMICAL RATIONALE FOR THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF MERCURY AND ITS COMPOUNDS

1957 • 326 citations

Fetal Minamata disease. A neuropathological study of two cases of intrauterine intoxication by a methyl mercury compound.

1965 • 326 citations

POISONING BY METHYL MERCURY COMPOUNDS<xref ref-type="fn" rid="fn1"><sup>1</sup></xref>

1940 • 309 citations

FISHERIES RESEARCH BOARD OF CANADA

1958 • 308 citations

Determination of Methylmercury Compounds in Foodstuffs. II. Determination of Methylmercury in Fish, Egg, Meat, and Liver.

1967 • 274 citations

Accumulation and Retention of Mercury in the Mouse

1963 • 265 citations

Determination of Methylmercury Salts in Various Kinds of Biological Material.

1968 • 244 citations

Pike (Esox lucius L.) and Some Other Aquatic Organisms in Sweden as Indicators of Mercury Contamination in the Environment

1967 • 213 citations

Mercury Content in Feathers of Swedish Birds from the Past 100 Years

1966 • 204 citations

Analytical methods for pesticides, plant growth regulators and food additives

1966 • 180 citations

Poisoning by Methyl Mercury Compounds

1948 • 166 citations

Residues of Total Mercury and Methylmercuric Salts in Lake Trout as a Function of Age

1971 • 164 citations

Alkyl mercury poisoning in terrestrial Swedish wildlife

1960 • 151 citations

A History of Chemistry

1962 • 136 citations

Mercury in the Environment

1971 • 129 citations

Simultaneous Determination of Mercury and Arsenic in Biological and Organic Materials by Activation Analysis.

1964 • 127 citations

Poisoning by Ethyl Mercury Toluene Sulphonanilide

1961 • 124 citations

Chromosome Breakage in Humans Exposed to Methyl Mercury through Fish Consumption

1970 • 123 citations

Die Verbreitung des Quecksilbers

1934 • 122 citations

Accumulation and Retention of Mercury in the Mouse

1963 • 122 citations

Geetic effects of organic mercury compounds. I. Cytological investigations on Allium roots.

1969 • 122 citations

Toxicity of Mercury and its Compounds

1964 • 119 citations

Complexing and denaturation of DNA by methylmercuric hydroxide

1966 • 119 citations

Trace Elements in Food

1949 • 113 citations

Mercury in the atmosphere

1968 • 107 citations

Methods of elemento-organic chemistry

1967 • 107 citations

Genetic effects of organic mercury compounds

2009 • 106 citations

Distribution and Excretion of Methyl and Phenyl Mercury Salts

1964 • 106 citations

DISTRIBUTION OF MERCURY IN THE BRAIN AND ITS SUBCELLULAR UNITS IN EXPERIMENTAL ORGANIC MERCURY POISONINGS

1966 • 100 citations

Maximum Allowable Concentrations of Mercury Compounds

1969 • 96 citations

Studies on the metabolism of methyl mercury and dimethyl mercury in mice

1969 • 95 citations

Absorption and Excretion of Mercury in Man

1962 • 94 citations

Analytical Methods for Pesticides, Plant Growth Regulators, and Food Additives

1964 • 94 citations

Uptake and Retention of Mercury in the Mouse Brain

1966 • 93 citations

Distribution and excretion of some mercury compounds after long term exposure

1962 • 92 citations

Alkyl Mercury Poisoning

1952 • 90 citations

GENETIC EFFECTS OF ORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS

2009 • 89 citations

PROTEIN MERCAPTIDES

1950 • 89 citations

Distribution and Excretion of Mercury Compounds in Rats over a Long Period after a Single Injection

1968 • 82 citations

A syndrome clinically resembling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis following chronic mercurialism

1961 • 82 citations

The trace determination of phenyl- and methylmercury salts in biological material

1961 • 78 citations

The effect of two organic mercury compounds on human leukocytes in vitro

2009 • 78 citations

Decomposition of Organic Mercurial Compounds by Mercury-resistant Bacteria

1969 • 76 citations

Absorption and excretion of mercury in man. XIV. Salivary excretion of mercury and its relationship to blood and urine mercury.

1968 • 74 citations

The abundance of mercury in meteorites and rocks by neutron activation analysis

1967 • 71 citations

Mercury Poisoning in Swedish Wildlife

1966 • 70 citations

Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories for the Year 1947.

1949 • 69 citations

The reductive decomposition of organic mercurials by cell-free extract of a mercury-resistant pseudomonad

1969 • 67 citations

Toxicity of Mercury and its Compounds

1964 • 66 citations

Mercury Concentrations in Tissues of Fish from the Saskatchewan River

1970 • 64 citations

SOME RESULTS FROM ALLIUM TESTS WITH ORGANIC MERCURY HALOGENIDES

2009 • 63 citations

Accelerated Uptake of Mercury by Brain caused by 2,3‐ Dimercaptopropanol (BAL) After Injection into the Mouse of a Methylmercuric Compound

1965 • 62 citations

Mercury Contamination of Canadian Prairie Seed Eaters and their Avian Predators

1970 • 62 citations

Some observations on the geochemistry of mercury as applied to prospecting

1966 • 60 citations

Investigations on the Toxicity of some Organic Mercury Compounds which are used as Seed Disinfectants

1952 • 57 citations

II Distribution and excretion of mercury compounds in rats over a long period after a single injection

1968 • 57 citations

Use of the rhesus monkey for predicting human response to eye irritants

1969 • 55 citations

TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN HAIR

1965 • 55 citations

Identification and determination of organomercurial fungicide residues by thin-layer and gas chromatography

1969 • 55 citations

On Alkyl Mercury Poisoning

1954 • 55 citations

Use and residues of mercury compounds in agriculture

1968 • 53 citations

Encephalomyelopathy due to an organic mercury compound

1964 • 51 citations

Studies in Humans on the Distribution of Mercury in the Blood and the Excretion in Urine after Exposure to Different Mercury Compounds

1967 • 47 citations

The chemical elements in nature

1964 • 44 citations

Methyl-mercury-chloride as a specific reagent for protein-bound sulfhydryl groups

1954 • 44 citations

Methylmercury compounds in eggs from hens after oral administration of mercury compounds

1969 • 42 citations

Cytotoxic effect of inorganic, phenyl, and alkyl mercuric compounds on HeLa cells.

1969 • 42 citations

Absorption and Excretion of Mercury in Man

1967 • 37 citations

Absorption and Excretion of Mercury in Man

1968 • 36 citations

Organic mercurial encephalopathy

1963 • 36 citations

Morbidity and Mortality.

1975 • 35 citations

I mercury poisonous in dental amalgam restorations

1931 • 31 citations

Absorption and Excretion of Mercury in Man

1964 • 31 citations

Die chronische Quecksilber- und Amalgamvergiftung

1936 • 31 citations

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BODILY DISTRIBUTION OF MERCURY IN MICE AFTER SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF METHYL, ETHYL AND N-PROPYL MERCURY ACETATES.

1963 • 30 citations

Mercury in Man's Environment.

1973 • 30 citations

The effect of the size of the dose on the distribution and excretion of mercury in rats after single intravenous injection of various mercury compounds

1969 • 29 citations

Esox lucius and some other organisms as indicators of mercury contamination in Swedish lakes and rivers.

1968 • 28 citations

Decomposition of Organic Mercurial Compounds by Mercury-resistant Bacteria

1969 • 27 citations

MERCURY RESIDUES IN CEREAL GRAINS FROM SEEDS OR SOIL TREATED WITH ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS

1970 • 26 citations

Studies on the origin of the causative agent of Minamata disease. III. Industrial wastes containing mercury compounds from Minamata Factory.

1962 • 26 citations

Die Gefährlichkeit des Quecksilbers und der Amalgam‐Zahnfüllungen

1928 • 26 citations

On estimating threshold limits for mercury in biological material.

1963 • 25 citations

Methylmercury as a mitosis disturbing agent.

1969 • 25 citations

Occupational poisoning by alkyl mercury compounds.

1949 • 24 citations

Die Gefährlichkeit des Quecksilberdampfes und der Amalgame

1926 • 23 citations

Mercury Content of Deep Sea Water

1961 • 22 citations

Mercury in Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus L.) Deriving from Seed Grain Dressed with Methyl and Ethyl Mercury Compounds

1967 • 22 citations

Der Quecksilbergehalt der menschlichen Ausscheidungen und des menschlichen Blutes

1934 • 22 citations

Mereurialism and its Control in the Felt-Hat Industry.

1941 • 22 citations

Die Bestimmung des Quecksilber‐Gehaltes der Luft

1934 • 19 citations

Gehalt des Saalewassers an Blei und Quecksilber

1957 • 19 citations

Mercury and Lead Storage in Human Tissues with Special Reference to Thrombocytopenic Purpura

1950 • 18 citations

UK atomic energy authority

1965 • 17 citations

Pesticide residues in the total diet in England and Wales, 1966–1967: IV.—Mercury content of the total diet

1970 • 16 citations

Low Temperature Irradiation Applied to Neutron Activation Analysis of Mercury in Human Whole Blood.

1966 • 15 citations

Analysis of organic mercury compounds by gas chromatography. I. Analytical and extraction method of organic mercury compounds.

1968 • 14 citations

Pesticide Residues in the Irish Environment

1966 • 13 citations

Acute Mercury Vapor Poisoning

1959 • 13 citations

PRIMARY DISPERSION HALOS OF MERCURY

1971 • 12 citations

The Total Amount of Mercury in Sea Waters

1961 • 12 citations

THE TRACE-ELEMENT CONTENT OF HUMAN HEAD HAIR IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE APPLICATION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE.

1968 • 12 citations

Analysis of organic mercury compounds by gas chromatography. II. Determination of organic mercury compounds in various samples.

1968 • 12 citations

A Report on Two Deaths from Exposure to the Fumes of a Di-Ethyl Mercury.

1943 • 12 citations

Mercurialism and Its Control in the Felt-Hat Industry

1941 • 12 citations

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES FOR THE YEAR 1945

1947 • 12 citations

Birds Give Warning

1969 • 12 citations

[Organic mercury poisoning].

1966 • 11 citations

Differences in Mercury Content in the Hairs of Normal Individuals depending on their Home Environment

1966 • 11 citations

Studies on the Origin of the Causative Agent of Minamata Disease

1967 • 10 citations

Studies on the Niigata episode of Minamata disease outbreak. Investigation of causative agents of organic mercury poisoning in the district along the river Agano.

1970 • 10 citations

[The effect of some therapeutic steroids and ACTH on certain circulatory function in children].

1952 • 10 citations

A Survey of Results of Investigations on Some Organic Mercury Compounds Used as Fungicides

1960 • 10 citations

A method for the detection of mercury by radioactivation analysis

1960 • 10 citations

ACUTE EXPOSURE TO PHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE.

1964 • 9 citations

Gesundheitsschädigungen durch organische Quecksilberverbindungen

1937 • 9 citations

Legacy of the Mad Hatter

1969 • 9 citations

Photometric Determination of Mercury in Sea Water

1961 • 9 citations

Über Erkrankungen insbesondere der Niere durch Alkyl-Quecksilberverbindungen

1952 • 8 citations

[Health studies of consumers of fish in Finland].

1969 • 8 citations

Analysis of organic mercury compounds by gas chromatography

1968 • 8 citations

Fungicide Analysis, Direct Determination of Methyl Mercuric Dicyandiamine

1954 • 7 citations

Studies on Minamata disease. I. Establishment of the criterion for etiological reserch in mice.

1961 • 7 citations

Gewerbehygienische Kontrolle bei Herstellung von Alkylquecksilberverbindungen

1956 • 7 citations

[Alkyl mercury compound poisoning; clinical aspect and risks of exposure].

1949 • 7 citations

Toxicity and metabolism of methyl mercury compounds in animals -especially in relation to Minamata disease

1965 • 7 citations

Four cases of occupational organic mercury poisoning.

1963 • 7 citations

The Harben Lectures, 1964. Occupational Exposure to Mercury. Lecture I. Historical Background.

1964 • 7 citations

Quantitative Determination of Mercury in Hair by Activation Analysis

1966 • 7 citations

EFFECTS OF D-PENICILLAMINE ON URINARY EXCRETION OF MERCURY IN TWO CASES OF METHYL MERCURY POISONING

1969 • 6 citations

[Mercury content in seals from lakes and sea].

1969 • 5 citations

[Metabolism of methyl-mercury in man].

1968 • 4 citations

ORGANIC MERCURY POISONING. A CASE REPORT.

1963 • 4 citations

DISTRIBUTION IN ORGANS AND EXCRETION OF MERCURY ON SOME EXPERIMENTAL ORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS POISONING

1964 • 4 citations

Poisoning from Organic Compounds of Mercury.

1945 • 4 citations

METHODS OF ACTIVATION ANALYSIS FOR MERCURY IN THE BIOSPHERE AND IN FOODS.

1967 • 4 citations

Effects of mercurial compounds on fish and humans.

1968 • 3 citations

[Ecological aspects of the mercury problem].

1969 • 3 citations

Determination of Mercury in Urine, Blood and Hair of Man in Organic Mercurial Poisonings.

1963 • 2 citations

On the control and protection of workers handling organic mercury compounds.

1960 • 2 citations

[The occurrence of mercury in the Danish environment].

1969 • 2 citations

[Distribution of mercury-203 in humans after administration of methylradiomercurynitrate].

1968 • 2 citations

[What method should be used in tracing mercurial discharge in water and checking effect of measures taken?].

1969 • 1 citations

[Mercury compounds in animal food stuffs].

1969 • 1 citations

Exposure and Hazards from Organic Mercury Compounds in connexion with Seed Dressing on Small Farms.

1955 • 1 citations

[Studies of mercury in some food stuffs].

1969 • 1 citations

Aspects of Chronic Poisoning with Inorganic Mercury.

1951 • 1 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations