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Table 1.

Post-challenge urine mercury concentrations in healthy subjects

Study	Chelator	Number of subjects	Hg excretion after chelator
Aposhian [17]	DMPS	10 (no amalgam)	5 ± 1 μg/9 h
Aposhian [17]	DMPS	10 (amalgam)	17 ± 3 μg/9 h
Archbold [18]	DMSA	14	14 ± 14 μg/L
Ruha [19]	DMSA	22 (no/1–2/≥3)^a	3/10/13; 33 μg/g Cr^b
Gonzalez-Ramirez [20]	DMPS	13	27 ± 3 μg/6 h
Gonzalez-Ramirez [20]	DMPS	13	or 37 ± 15 μg/L
Maiorino [21]	DMPS	9	18 ± 7; 54 μg/6 h^b
Maiorino [21]	DMPS	9	or 22 ± 10; 73 μg/L^b
Molin [9]	DMPS	5 (no amalgam)	3.2 μg/24 h
Molin [9]	DMPS	18 (amalgam)	14; 56 μg/24 h^b
Frumkin [22]	DMSA	101	8 ± 6; 28 μg/24 h^b

^aIndicates the number of fish meals per week in the study participants

^bData presented as mean; upper range