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disease noun affliction, ailment, attack, bodily deviation from health, bout of sickness, breakdown, chronic disability, collapse, condition, contagion, defect, deterioration, discomfort, disorder, distemper, epidemic, handicap, ill health, illness, indisposition, infection, infirmity, invalidism, loss of health, malady, morbus, plague, scourge, sickness, taint, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwholesome condition, virus, weakness See also: contaminate, disorder, pain, taint How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH (GKSSI), United Nations Environmental Program, Exponent, Global Environmental Facility/United Nations Development Programme/United National Industrial Development Organization (GEF/UNDP/UNIDO), (EUROCHLOR); National Institute for Minamata Disease, CEBAM Analytical Inc. Michiko Ishimuri, who brought Minamata Disease to the attention of the Japanese government, and Janet Gibson, who helped create Central America's first coral reef reserve, are just two of the many spectacular examples. Using the cord mercury concentration as an exposure biomarker, much higher levels were found in patients with Minamata disease compared with control groups (Harada 1977). |
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