TY - JOUR T1 - Blood cell delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity in humans exposed to methylmercury. JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PY - 1975/3VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 54 EP - 59 AU - Schutz, A AU - Skerfving, Staffan M3 - doi: 10.5271/sjweh.2859 UR - https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=2859 KW - blood KW - blood cell KW - delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase KW - human KW - human experiment KW - lead KW - methylmercury KW - toxicology N2 -

The delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALA-D) activity in blood cells was studied in 15 subjects exposed to methylmercury through consumption of contaminated fish and 19 "unexposed" subjects with a similar sex and age distribution. The exposed subjects had a mean mercury level of 120 (range 15-370) ng/g blood cells while the controls had 9 (range 4-15) ng/g. Both groups had the same mean level of lead in whole blood (10+/-1 µg/100 ml). ALA-D activity decreased statistically significantly as both mercury and lead levels in the blood cells increased.

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