Estimation by a 24-hour Study of the Daily Dose of Intra-oral Mercury Vapor Inhaled after Release from Dental Amalgam

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 1646-1651

  Berglund, A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FISH; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINALYSIS; VAPOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASPIRATION; BODY BURDEN; DENTAL AMALGAM; HUMAN; MERCURY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC ABSORPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025149023     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345900690100401     Document Type: Article

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