Figure 1
From: Mercury in human brain, blood, muscle and toenails in relation to exposure: an autopsy study
Methylmercury in blood related to concentration of methylmercury in brain and total-Hg in toenails. Concentration of methylmercury in blood (CMeHg-Blood; μg Hg/L) related to concentration of (a) methylmercury in occipital lobe cortex (CMeHg-Brain; μg Hg/kg) and (b) concentration of total-Hg in toenails (CHg-Toenail; μg Hg/kg). The equations for the regression lines were (a) CMeHg-Brain = 2.0 × CMeHg-blood + 0.8, (correlation coefficient 0.725, n = 30, p < 0.001) and (b) CHg-toenail = 59 × CMeHg-Blood + 125, (correlation coefficient 0.634, n = 29, p < 0.001).