Mercury vapor release from dental amalgam in patients with symptoms allegedly caused by amalgam fillings

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-63

  Berglund, Anders ^a   Molin, Margarets ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; Exposure; Inhalation; Mercury

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INHALATION; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URINE; VOLATILIZATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENTAL AMALGAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0030076918     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1996.tb00046.x     Document Type: Article

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