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The concentration of I-Hg and O-Hg in plasma and O-Hg in erythrocytes, however, increased significantly after four months of exposure, and the high concentrations were maintained until the end of the study (23 months of exposure). Absence of a significant increase in the concentration of O-Hg in hair indicates that changes in concentrations of I-Hg and O-Hg in blood could be caused by the occupational exposure to mercury vapour. These results show clearly that mercury concentration in blood indicates the uptake of mercury compared with data from before employment with mercury. 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