Copper allergy from dental copper amalgam?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 290, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 41-46

  Gerhardsson, Lars ^a   Björkner, Bert ^a   Karlsteen, Magnus ^b   Schütz, Andrejs ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Copper; Dental splint; Saliva; Tears

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; DENTAL PROSTHESES; DENTISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TEETH GRINDING;

DENTAL AMALGAMS;

COPPER; DENTAL ALLOY;

COPPER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT ALLERGY; CORROSION; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUTH MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SPLINT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER; DENTAL AMALGAM; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0037029993     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)01055-5     Document Type: Article

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