Influence of liquid films on mercury vapor loss from dental amalgam

Dental Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 407-412

  Mahler, David B ^a   Adey, Jerome D ^a   Simms, Lisa E ^a   Marek, Miroslav ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; Liquid films; Mercury vapor

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; MERCURY (METAL); RESTORATION; SILICON CARBIDE; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

ARTIFICIAL SALIVA; DENTAL AMALGAM RESTORATION; LIQUID FILMS; MERCURY VAPORS;

DENTAL AMALGAMS;

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; SALIVA SUBSTITUTE; WATER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; TOOTH CALCULUS; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL DEPOSITS; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SALIVA, ARTIFICIAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 0036631734     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(01)00070-7     Document Type: Article

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