"Mercury" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A silver metallic element that exists as a liquid at room temperature. It has the atomic symbol Hg (from hydrargyrum, liquid silver), atomic number 80, and atomic weight 200.59. Mercury is used in many industrial applications and its salts have been employed therapeutically as purgatives, antisyphilitics, disinfectants, and astringents. It can be absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes which leads to MERCURY POISONING. Because of its toxicity, the clinical use of mercury and mercurials is diminishing.
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D008628
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556.504 D01.268.956.437 D01.552.544.504
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mercury" by people in Profiles.
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High-performance PVC/polyacrylate-graphene oxide membranes for Pb (II) and Hg (II) ion removal from polluted water: synthesis, characterization, and adsorption studies. Environ Monit Assess. 2025 Jul 30; 197(8):969.
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Echocardiographic Profiling Predicts Clinical Outcomes After Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Mar 05; 13(5):e032784.
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The Cumulative Risk of Chemical and Nonchemical Exposures on Birth Outcomes in Healthy Women: The Fetal Growth Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 10 01; 16(19).
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Fetal exposure to mercury and lead from intrauterine blood transfusions. Pediatr Res. 2019 10; 86(4):510-514.
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Water management impacts rice methylmercury and the soil microbiome. Sci Total Environ. 2016 Dec 01; 572:608-617.
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Species differences in total mercury concentration in gulls from the Gulf of Gdansk (Southern Baltic). J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2016 Jan; 33:100-9.
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Concentration of lead, mercury, cadmium, aluminum, arsenic and manganese in umbilical cord blood of Jamaican newborns. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Apr 23; 12(5):4481-501.
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Mercury in the eggs of aquatic birds from the Gulf of Gdansk and Wloclawek Dam (Poland). Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2015 Jul; 22(13):9889-98.
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Seafood consumption and blood mercury concentrations in Jamaican children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Neurotox Res. 2013 Jan; 23(1):22-38.
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The role of alanine 163 in solute permeability of Leishmania major aquaglyceroporin LmAQP1. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2011 Jan; 175(1):83-90.