Mercury exposure in dental practice

Operative Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 666-669

  Atesagaoglu, A ^a,b   Omurlu, H ^a   Ozcagli, E ^a   Sardas, S ^a   Ertas, N ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; BODY BURDEN; CHEMISTRY; COMET ASSAY; DENTIST; DNA DAMAGE; EXHALATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BODY BURDEN; COMET ASSAY; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTISTS; DNA DAMAGE; EXHALATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 33845351305     PISSN: 03617734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2341/05-128     Document Type: Article

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