Disinfectants' effect on mercury release from amalgam

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 915-919

  Roberts, Howard W ^a   Marek, Miroslav ^b   Kuehne, John C ^c   Ragain, James C ^d  

^a Building 1H ^*  (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research   (United States)

^d Great Lakes Naval Recruit Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Amalgam disinfection; Amalgam disposal; Disinfectants; Mercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644436560     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0292     Document Type: Article

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