Magico-religious mercury use and cultural sensitivity.

Wendroff, Arnold P.

doi:10.2105/ajph.85.3.409

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“…Although most medicinal use of mercury has been discontinued, cultural use (Wendroff 1995) and industrial use of mercury are ongoing (Agocs et al 1992;Ozuah 2000). In 2001, the American Association of Poison Control Centers reported a total of 3,550 cases of mercury exposure in the United States (Litovitz et al 2001).…”

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Mercury exposure aboard an ore boat.

Roach

Busch

2004

Environ Health Perspect

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Two maritime academy interns (X and Y) were exposed to mercury vapor after spilling a bottle of mercury on the floor in an enclosed storeroom while doing inventory aboard an ore boat. During a 3-day period, intern Y suffered transient clinical intoxication that resolved after he was removed from the environment and he showered and discarded all clothing. His initial serum mercury level dropped from 4 ng/mL to < 0.05 ng/mL. Intern X had an initial level of 11 ng/mL, which continued to rise to a maximum of 188.8 ng/mL. He complained of tremulousness, insomnia, and mild agitation and was hospitalized. He had showered and discarded all clothing except his footwear earlier than intern Y. Intern X's continued exposure due to mercury in the contaminated boots during the 2 weeks before hospitalization was presumed to be the cause. Removing his footwear led to resolution of his toxic symptoms and correlated with subsequent lowered serum mercury levels. Chelation was initiated as recommended, despite its uncertain benefit for neurologic intoxication. Mercury is used in the merchant marine industry in ballast monitors called king gauges. New engineering is recommended for ballast monitoring to eliminate this hazard.

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Mercury exposure aboard an ore boat.

Roach

Busch

2004

Environ Health Perspect

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Mercury exposure in children: a review

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Buchanan

2004

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

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Culture as an explanation in population health

Hruschka

2009

Annals of Human Biology

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In the last two decades, culture has emerged in population health as a common explanation for health outcomes and disparities. This paper systematically reviews such cultural accounts, focusing on a historical sample of articles from prominent population health journals (1930-2008, n=100) and a contemporary sample of articles in the American Journal of Public Health (2008, n=95). The review reveals that references to culture rarely (1) specify the precise pathways by which culture influences health or (2) assess the plausibility of these pathways. Despite these weaknesses, a few studies have begun to clarify, measure, and assess how culture can influence health outcomes, and these articles reflect promising new avenues for understanding how cultural factors influence variation in health and well-being.

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Magico-religious mercury use and cultural sensitivity.

Cited by 9 publications

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Mercury exposure aboard an ore boat.

Mercury exposure aboard an ore boat.

Mercury exposure in children: a review

Culture as an explanation in population health

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