01011nam a2200145 4500001000700000100004100007101000800048200006200056210005000118215002300168225004000191330059300231606001600824700002500840382918 a20050817d1964 y0pory50 ba aeng aToxicity of mercury and its compoundsfP. Lesley Bidstrup aAmsterdam ; London ; New YorkcElsevierd1964 a112 p.cil.d19 cm aElsevier Monographs On Toxic Agents aAknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. The physical, chemical and mechanical properties of mercury. Chapter 3. The biological activity of mercury and its compounds. Chapter 4. The uses of mercury and its compounds. Therapeutic uses. Industrial uses. Chapter 5. Poisoning by mercury and its inorganic compounds. Effects upon the skin. Acute systemic mercury poisoning. Chronic systemic mercury poisoning. The prevention of mercury poisoning in industry. Chapter 6. Poisoning by organic compounds of mercury. Uses. Toxicity to man of alkyl mercury derivatives. Chronic effects. aTOXICOLOGIA aBIDSTRUPbP. Lesley