Effects of mercury release from amalgam dental restorations during cremation on soil mercury levels of three New Zealand crematoria

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 744-751

  Nieschmidt, A K ^a   Kim, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; DENTISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MERCURIALISM; NEW ZEALAND; POSTHUMOUS CARE; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MERCURY; MORTUARY PRACTICE; NEW ZEALAND; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0030894335     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900396     Document Type: Article

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