Psychological and medical effects of mercury intake from dental amalgam: A status report for the American Journal of Dentistry

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Osborne, John W ^a,b   Albino, Judith E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

CHEMISTRY; DENTAL SURGERY; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RETREATMENT; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RETREATMENT;

EID: 0033138617     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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