Comparison of hair, nails and urine for biological monitoring of low level inorganic mercury exposure in dental workers

Biomarkers

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-55

  Morton, Jackie ^a   Mason, H J ^b   Ritchie, K A ^b   White, M ^c  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Quality Improvement ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hair; Mercury; Occupational exposure; Urine

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; CREATININE; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; DIET; FINGER NAIL; GROWTH RATE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTISTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; NAILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 2442646634     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547500410001670312     Document Type: Article

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