Table 1.

Whole blood mercury levels in mercuric compounds-exposed mice.

Weeks	Group
	Control	MeHgCl-2 (mg/kg)	HgCl2-5 (mg/kg)
2	2.4 ± 0.3	4970.8 ± 38.8 *	432.0 ± 111.2 *
4	2.6 ± 0.4	14827.5 ± 1938.7 *	683.4 ± 47.9 *
6	3.0 ± 0.5	27741.4 ± 6747.1 *	865.8 ± 222.5 *

1. Hg content was expressed as μg/L; 2. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 16 mice for each group).

^*p < 0.05 as compared with control group.