Mercury exposure from dental filling placement during pregnancy and low birth weight risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 734-740

  Hujoel, Philippe P ^a   Lydon Rochelle, M ^a   Bollen, A M ^a   Woods, J S ^a   Geurtsen, W ^a   Del Aguila, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Washington Dental Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Case control studies; Dentistry; Estrogens; Infant, low birth weight; Mercury; Pregnancy; Risk

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY;

HEALTH IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH FILLING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17044377468     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi100     Document Type: Article

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