Mercury exposure due to environmental factors and amalgam restorations in a sample of North Carolina children

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 114-117

  Dilley, Diane C ^a   Bawden, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANINE TOOTH; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DENTIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAXILLA; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUSPID; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MERCURY; NORTH CAROLINA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033088455     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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