ReviewCurrent problems in pediatric and adolescent health care2010
Mercury exposure and children's health.
Review in Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 151 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
151 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 547 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Chemical Exposures and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Mercury Exposures from Skin-Lightening Products.Environmental health perspectives · 2022Pooled it
- Contamination of breast milk with lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Mercury and Prenatal Growth: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Chronic mercury exposure and blood pressure in children and adolescents: a systematic review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Pooled it
- Fish intake during pregnancy and foetal neurodevelopment--a systematic review of the evidence.Nutrients · 2015Pooled it
- Health effects of selected trace elements in hairdressing cosmetics on hairdressers in Enugu, Nigeria.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Perinatal death and exposure to dental amalgam fillings during pregnancy in the population-based MoBa cohort.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Review
- From animal models to NAMs: a paradigm shift in developmental immunotoxicity testing.Archives of toxicology · 2026Review
- Mercury in skin lightening and skin care products purchased in New York City, 2009-2022.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Radiographic Clues to Mercury Ingestion in a Neonate.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Beyond acrodynia: infantile mercury vapor poisoning presenting with refractory hypoglycemia and persistent neurological damage.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Correlates of prenatal heavy metal contamination in Lebanese infants using cord blood analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Heavy Metal Toxicity in Clinical and Environmental Health: Sources, Mechanisms, Diagnostics, and Evidence-Based Management of Mercury, Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Human biomonitoring in support of the Minamata Convention: a case of phasing out dental amalgam.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Article
- Article
- The silent crisis: investigating the impact of environmental pollutants on embryo-fetal development: a narrative review of the Group of Special Interest for Environment of the Italian Society of Fertility and Sterility and Reproductive Medicine.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Review
- Arsenic, mercury, manganese, and lead exposure in Mexican adults aged 50 and older.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2025Article
- A survey of bacterial and fungal community structure and functions in two long-term metalliferous soil habitats.Scientific reports · 2025Article
91 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Acute or chronic mercury exposure can cause adverse effects during any period of development. Mercury is a highly toxic element; there is no known safe level of exposure. Ideally, neither children nor adults should have any mercury in their bodies because it provides no physiological benefit. Prenatal and postnatal mercury exposures occur frequently in many different ways. Pediatricians, nurses, and other health care providers should understand the scope of mercury exposures and health problems among children and be prepared to handle mercury exposures in medical practice. Prevention is the key to reducing mercury poisoning. Mercury exists in different chemical forms: elemental (or metallic), inorganic, and organic (methylmercury and ethyl mercury). Mercury exposure can cause acute and chronic intoxication at low levels of exposure. Mercury is neuro-, nephro-, and immunotoxic. The development of the child in utero and early in life is at particular risk. Mercury is ubiquitous and persistent. Mercury is a global pollutant, bio-accumulating, mainly through the aquatic food chain, resulting in a serious health hazard for children. This article provides an extensive review of mercury exposure and children's health.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.