Mercury and health care.
Mercury and health care.
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DOI：
10.4103/0019-5278.72240
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发表时间：
2010-08
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Singh R
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作者：
Rustagi N;Singh R
汞是有毒的重金属。它有许多特色。自古以来，卫生保健组织就以多种形式使用汞。汞的主要用途是牙科汞齐、血压计和体温计。汞一旦释放到环境中，可以保持更长的时间。它既可以引起急性中毒，也可以引起慢性中毒。大气中发现的汞有一半是人类产生的，医疗保健对此贡献了很大一部分。世界已经意识到汞的有害影响。世界卫生组织和联合国环境规划署(UNEP)发布了各国卫生保健部门实现无汞的指导方针。环境署在各国政府和其他利益攸关方之间建立了汞伙伴关系，作为减少汞及其化合物排放到环境中对人类健康和环境的风险的一种方法。许多医院现在都不含汞了。
Mercury is toxic heavy metal. It has many characteristic features. Health care organizations have used mercury in many forms since time immemorial. The main uses of mercury are in dental amalgam, sphygmomanometers, and thermometers. The mercury once released into the environment can remain for a longer period. Both acute and chronic poisoning can be caused by it. Half of the mercury found in the atmosphere is human generated and health care contributes the substantial part to it. The world has awakened to the harmful effects of mercury. The World Health Organization and United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) have issued guidelines for the countries’ health care sector to become mercury free. UNEP has formed mercury partnerships between governments and other stakeholders as one approach to reducing risks to human health and the environment from the release of mercury and its compounds to the environment. Many hospitals are mercury free now.