Examination of urinary mercury levels in dentists in Turkey

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 383-388

  Karahalil, Bensu ^a   Rahravi, H ^a   Ertas, N ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amalgam filling; Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometer; Dentists; Mercury toxicity; Urinary mercury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; MASK; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENTISTS; HUMANS; MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TURKEY;

EID: 24044515894     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327105ht541oa     Document Type: Article

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