WHO - Burden of disease estimates: Mercury - Assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels [2008]
Description:
The document provides a review of the sources of exposure and the health effects of elemental, inorganic and methylmercury. Methods for estimating the burden of disease for methylmercury are given. The report estimates the disease burden for several populations including those involved in either subsistence fishing or sport fishing and indigenous communities residing near industrial and mining activities.
Why this Tool/Guidance?
Information provided is useful to support environmental health decision making, particularly regarding methods for estimating the burden of disease for methylmercury.
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