Nordic dentists' knowledge and attitudes on dental amalgam from health and environmental perspectives

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 315-320

  Ylinen, Katariina ^b   Löfroth, Göran ^a  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Composites; Denmark; Dental mercury; Finland; Norway; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DENMARK; DENTIST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FINLAND; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENMARK; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTAL WASTE; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036789931     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350260248319     Document Type: Article

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