Vaporization of Hg from Hg-In amalgams during setting and after abrasion

Dental Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-195

  Ferracane, J ^a   Adey, J ^a   Wiltbank, K ^a   Nakajima, H ^b   Okabe, T ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Hg vaporization; Hg In amalgam; Setting

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; INDIUM; MERCURY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TOOTH BRUSHING; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL POLISHING; INDIUM; MERCURY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0033130670     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(99)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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