Mercury from dental amalgam: Looking beyond the average

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 352-353

  Barregard, L ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; DENTIST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ITALY; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; HUMANS; MERCURY;

EID: 20044393024     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.018911     Document Type: Note

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