Speciation of mercury excreted in feces from individuals with amalgam fillings

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-213

  Engqvist, Anita ^a   Colmsjö, Anders ^a   Skare, Ingvar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXCRETION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH FILLING;

EID: 0031811238     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899809605697     Document Type: Article

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