Effect of restoration of children's teeth with mercury amalgam on the prevalence of mercury- and antibiotic-resistant oral bacteria

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-97

  Pike, Rachel ^a   Lucas, Victoria ^a   Petrie, Aviva ^a   Roberts, Graham ^a   Stapleton, Paul ^b   Rowbury, Robin ^b   Richards, Hilary ^b   Mullany, Peter ^a   Wilson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MERCURY; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUTH FLORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TOOTH FILLING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037355750     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662903764736391     Document Type: Article

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