Potential health and environmental issues of mercury-contaminated amalgamators

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-64

  Roberts, Howard W ^a   Leonard, Daniel ^a   Osborne, John ^b  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIST; EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL STAFF; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; DENTAL WASTE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0035226866     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2001.0026     Document Type: Article

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