Mercury emissions from dental chairs by disinfection

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 827-833

  Kummerer K ^a   Wallenhorst, T ^b   Kielbassa, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHAIR; DENTISTRY; DISINFECTION; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL DISINFECTANTS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MERCURY;

EID: 0343036215     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00204-X     Document Type: Article

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