Membranous nephropathy from exposure to mercury in the fluorescent-tube-recycling industry

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2001 Nov;16(11):2253-5. doi: 10.1093/ndt/16.11.2253.

Authors

S Aymaz¹, O Gross, B Krakamp, M Ortmann, H P Dienes, M Weber

Affiliation

¹ Medical Clinic I, Cologne City Hospital, Teaching Hospital University of Cologne, Germany.

PMID: 11682678
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.11.2253

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Conservation of Natural Resources*
Equipment Reuse
Fluorescence
Follow-Up Studies
Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / chemically induced*
Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / pathology
Humans
Kidney / pathology
Lighting / instrumentation*
Male
Mercury / adverse effects*
Middle Aged
Occupational Exposure*

Substances

Mercury