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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicology. 2020 Feb 22;78:88–98. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2020.02.011

Table 4:

Clinical and Toxicological Background Information for Subjects With High Brain Mercury Levels

Subject 1 Subject 2 Subject 3 Subject 4
Age at Exposure (yrs) 47 8 38 19
Age at Death (yrs) 48 29 38 20
Time between exposure and death 10 months 21 years 12 days Injections 21 and 16 months pre-mortem
Gender F F F M
Exposure route Dermal and possibly inhalation Oral Inhalation Intravenous
Estimated dose ∼1344 mg (∼0.44 ml) NA NA 4 ml
Estimated exposure duration Seconds to a few minutes Multiple times over 3 months Minutes to hours, probably once Injections 21 and 16 months pre-mortem
Chelation treatment Yes Yes No Yes