Environmental aspects of dental filling materials

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 713-720

  Arenholt Bindslev, Dorthe ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Composite; Environment; Estrogenicity; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLLUTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTAL WASTE; DENTISTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MERCURY; METHACRYLATES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLYMERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032040660     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0909-8836.1998.eos10602ii06.x     Document Type: Article

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