Serum mercury concentration in relation to survival, symptoms, and diseases: Results from the prospective population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-174

  Ahlqwist, Margareta ^b   Bengtsson, Calle ^a   Lapidus, Leif ^b   Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^b   Schütz, Andrejs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Laboratory variables; Mercury; Morbidity; Mortality; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MERCURY; POTASSIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SWEDEN; TOOTH FILLING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032798709     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163599428913     Document Type: Article

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