Mercury and health in the dental practice;Mercurio y salud en la odontología

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 266-272

  Morales Fuentes, Ivelin ^a   Reyes Gil, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; Dental assistants; Dentists; Mercurio, toxicity; Occupational exposure; Occupational health; Occupational risk; Preventive dentistry

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COST; DENTISTRY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0038077224     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000200018     Document Type: Review

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