Dental Amalgam Fillings and the Amount of Organic Mercury in Human Saliva

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-166

  Leistevuo, Jorma ^a,e   Leistevuo, T ^c   Helenius, H ^b   Pyy, L ^d   Osterblad M ^f   Huovinen, P ^f   Tenovuo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Dental amalgam 'silver' fillings; Dental amalgam fillings; Inorganic mercury; Methyl mercury; Organic mercury

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SALIVA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENTAL AMALGAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035347463     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047450     Document Type: Article

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