Mercury recovery in situ of four different dental amalgam separators

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 320-336

  Hylander, Lars D ^a   Lindvall, Anders ^b   Uhrberg, Roland ^c   Gahnberg, Lars ^d   Lindh, Ulf ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Foundation for Metal Biology   (Sweden)

^c MeAna Konsult   (Sweden)

^d Public Dental Health Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amalgam separator device; Mercury pollution; Mercury traps; Prevention; Recovery efficiency

Indexed keywords

DENTAL AMALGAMS; SEPARATORS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AMALGAM SEPARATOR DEVICE; MERCURY POLLUTION; MERCURY TRAPS; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY;

MERCURY (METAL);

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEPARATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CLINIC; DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MERCURY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33745920181     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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