Investigation of two mercury vapor collection techniques

Dental Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 375-381

  Neme, A L ^a   McLaren, J D ^b   O'Brien, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; In vitro; Mercury vapor

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; GAS SCAVENGERS; MERCURY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0033223088     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(99)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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