Minimata disease

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Minimata disease [‚min·ē′mäd·ə di‚zēz]

(medicine)

A disorder resulting from methyl mercury poisoning, which occurred in epidemic proportions in 1956 in Minimata Bay, a Japanese coastal town, where the inhabitants ate fish contaminated by industrial pollution; the most obvious symptoms are tremors and involuntary movements.

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No references found			Harada diagnosed 45 cases of Minimata disease (mercury poisoning), using standard criteria that require, at minimum, sensory impairment of the extremities or around the mouth, plus one or more symptoms such as disturbed gait, tremors and impaired hearing or speech. First Nations up in arms over mercury related health conditions among ... by Harries, Kate / Windspeaker A mercury spill in Japan, for example, tainted fish in the area and caused those who ate the poisoned fish to develop Minimata disease. What Causes Autism? A Controversial New Theory by Thomas J. Wacker / Food/cooking/nutrition community In: Minimata Disease (Trusbaki T, Irukayama K, eds). Origins and evolution of children's environmental health by Lanphear, Bruce P. / Environmental Health Perspectives			Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge MiniDV minifloppy minifloppy disk Minija Minikh, Burkhard Kristof Minikh, Iogann Ernst minim Minim Martap minimal automaton minimal brain dysfunction syndrome minimal element minimal equation minimal flight path Minimal Logic minimal member minimal polynomial Minimal principles minimal realization minimal recognition length Minimal Surface minimal transformation group minimal-latency coding minimalism minimalist architecture Minimata disease Minimax minimax criterion minimax estimator minimax technique minimax theorem Minimeter minimization minimization principle minimize minimum minimum acceptable pressure minimum bend radius minimum configuration minimum cut minimum detectable signal minimum deviation minimum discernible signal minimum distance minimum dominating vertex set minimum ebb minimum edge cover minimum elevation minimum enroute instrument altitude minimum firing current minimum flight altitude			Minimally Invasive Spine Update Minimally invasive surgery Minimally invasive surgery Minimally invasive surgery Minimally invasive surgery Minimally invasive surgery Minimally Invasive Surgery and Interventional Techniques Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Centre Minimally Invasive Surgical Suite Minimally Invasive Surgical Trainer Minimally Invasive Surgical Trainer - Virtual Reality Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Interest Group Minimally Invasive Thoracoscopically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Minimally Invasive Treatment Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Approach Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Parathyroidectomy Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroidectomy Minimally Modified Low-Density Lipoprotein Minimally Modified/Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein Minimally Processed Fruit and Vegetable Products Minimally Redundant Topology Minimally-Invasive Injectable Graft Minimally-Invasive Radioguided Parathyroidectomy Minimalna Cena Minimalna Kolicina Minimanipulation minimarket MINIMARS Minimata disease minimax minimax Minimax algorithm Minimax algorithm minimax criterion Minimax Distance Transform Correlation Filter minimax drift error minimax estimator Minimax Probability Machine Regression minimax technique Minimax test Minimax test Minimax theorem Minimax theorem minimaxes minimaxes Minimaze Minimaze Surgery Minime Minime Minime Minime mutanda sunt quae certam habuerent interpretationem minime suspicax Minimee Miniment Minimeter Minimi Minimi Minimi minimill

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