Are mercury amalgam fillings safe for children? An evaluation of recent research results

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 16-17

  Rode, Dorena ^a  

^a EcoNugenics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY; THIOMERSAL; VACCINE;

AUTISM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MERCURIALISM; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PORTUGAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; TOOTH FILLING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DENTAL AMALGAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746429459     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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