Laboratory evaluation of amalgam separators

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 577-589

  Fan, P L ^a   Batchu, Hanu ^a   Chou, Hwai Nan ^a   Gasparac, William ^a   Sandrik, Jim ^a   Meyer, Daniel M ^a  

^a AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEWAGE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL WASTE; EFFICIENCY; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MERCURY; PARTICLE SIZE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036580971     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2002.0233     Document Type: Article

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