No evidence of renal toxicity from amalgam fillings

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 4 40-4, 1996, Pages

  Sandborgh Englund, Gunilla ^a   Nygren, Anders T ^b   Ekstrand, Jan ^b   Elinder, Carl Gustaf ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adverse effects; human; mercury

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029859601     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.4.r941     Document Type: Article

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