| Exposure source | Effects | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mercurous Chloride medications | Tachycardia and increased blood pressure in children | Warkany and Hubbard 1953 |
| Occupational exposure to alkyl Hg vapors | Increased blood pressure | Höök et al. 1954 |
| Alkyl Hg-contaminated wheat | Irregular heart rate | Jalili and Abbasi 1961 |
| Ethylmercury-contaminated meat | Irregular heart rate, cardiac arrest, myocarditis | Cinca et al. 1979 |
| Phenylmercuric acetate vapors | Hypertension and rapid heart rate | Aronow et al. 1990 |
| Metallic Hg vapors | Increased blood pressure and heart rate | Hallee 1969, Bluhm et al. 1992, Soni et al. 1992, Vroom and Greer 1972 |
| Dental amalgams | Increased blood pressure | Siblerud 1990 |
| Frequent fish consumption | Higher cardiovascular death rates | Salonen et al. 1995 |
| Hg intoxication (source unspecified) | Marked hypertension in child | Wössmann et al. 1999 |
| Unspecified | High Hg concentrations in myocardium of IDCM patients | Frustaci et al. 1999 |
| Prenatal exposure | Increased blood pressure and decreased heart rate variability at age 7 | Sørensen et al. 1999 |
From: 5, HEALTH EFFECTS OF METHYLMERCURY
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