%0 Journal Article
%T Indirect sources of mercury poisoning in the Iraqi epidemic
%J Bulletin of The World Health Organization
%D 1976
%A Bakir, F.
%A Al-Shahristani, H.
%A Al-Rawi, N. Y.
%A Khadouri, A.
%A Al-Mufti, A. W.
%V 53
%N Suppl
%P 129-132
%X Secondary sources of intoxication with methylmercury poisoning other than home-made bread were explored. Mercury levels in various food items were below 0.05 mg/kg.Over 30 000 specimens of meat and internal organs of sheep were analysed because of the strong suspicion that the animals had been fed treated barley. It was found that 6-12% of the specimens analysed contained more than 0.5 mg/kg of mercury. Consumption of meat did not appear to constitute a danger of intoxication during the outbreak.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I World Health Organization
%@ 0042-9686
%U http://dx.doi.org/