Urinary mercury levels before and after amalgam restoration

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-47

  Chien, Yeh Chung ^a   Feldman, Cecile A ^b   Zohn, Harry K ^b   Weisel, Clifford P ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam restoration; Excretion rate; First morning samples; Urinary mercury

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOTH FILLING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030595313     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05155-8     Document Type: Article

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