Mercury vapor in amalgam waste discharged from dental office vacuum units

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-337

  Rubin, Paul G ^a   Yu, Ming Ho ^b  

^a Broadway Dental Center   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DENTAL FACILITY; EQUIPMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SEWER; TOOTH FILLING; VAPOR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 10144232786     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1996.9936036     Document Type: Article

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