A Comparison of Urinary Mercury between Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Control Children

Barry John Debenham Wright; Helen Pearce; Victoria Allgar; Jeremy Miles; Clare Whitton; Irene Leon; Jenny Jardine; Nicola McCaffrey; Rob Smith; Ian Holbrook; John Lewis; David Goodall; Ben Alderson-Day

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A Comparison of Urinary Mercury between Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Control Children

Barry John Debenham Wright, Helen Pearce, Victoria Allgar, Jeremy Miles, Clare Whitton, Irene Leon, Jenny Jardine, Nicola McCaffrey, Rob Smith, Ian Holbrook, John Lewis, David Goodall, Ben Alderson-Day

The Hull York Medical School

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Urinary mercury concentrations are used in research exploring mercury exposure. Some theorists have proposed that autism is caused by mercury toxicity. We set out to test whether mercury concentrations in the urine of children with autism were significantly increased or decreased compared to controls or siblings.

Original language	English
Article number	e29547
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029547
Publication status	Published - 15 Feb 2012

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