Breast-milk mercury concentrations and amalgam surface in mothers from Brasília, Brazil

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-151

  Da Costa, Sérgio L ^a   Malm, Olaf ^b   Dórea, José G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Dental filling; Human milk; Mercury

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PEARSON SYNDROME; SAFETY; SAMPLE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOOTH FILLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; DENTAL AMALGAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MERCURY; MILK, HUMAN; STATISTICS;

EID: 23844465480     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:106:2:145     Document Type: Article

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