Mercury content in amalgam tattoos of human oral mucosa and its relation to local tissue reactions

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 582-587

  Forsell, Marianne ^b   Larsson, Barbro ^b   Ljungqvist, Arne ^b   Carlmark, Björn ^b   Johansson, Olle ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amalgam; Amalgam tattoo; Autometallography; EDXRF; Mercury; Oral mucosa

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NERVE FIBER; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMATITIS; TATTOOING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENTAL AMALGAM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; NERVE FIBERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SILVER; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STOMATITIS; TATTOOING;

EID: 0031989160     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0909-8836.1998.eos106108.x     Document Type: Article

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