High mercury emissions from dental clinics despite amalgam separators

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 362, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 74-84

  Hylander, Lars D ^a   Lindvall, Anders ^b   Gahnberg, Lars ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Foundation for Metal Biology   (Sweden)

^c Public Dental Health Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amalgam separators; Dental clinics; Mercury emissions; Mercury traps

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCINERATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MERCURY AMALGAMS; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMALGAM SEPARATORS; DENTAL CLINICS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY TRAPS;

DENTAL PROSTHESES;

AMALGAM; MERCURY; DENTAL ALLOY;

EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL WASTE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; SWEDEN; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MERCURY; SWEDEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33746449300     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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