Evaluation of environmental and occupational exposure to mercury among Iranian dentists

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 381, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 59-67

  Zolfaghari, Ghasem ^a   Esmaili Sari, Abbas ^a   Ghasempouri, Seyed Mahmoud ^a   Faghihzadeh, Soghrat ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amalgam fillings; Hair; Iranian dentists; Mercury; Nail

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DENTISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AMALGAM FILLINGS; FISH MEALS; HAIR; IRANIAN DENTISTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMALGAM; MERCURY;

FOOD CONSUMPTION; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NAIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH FILLING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTISTS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HAIR; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34249698713     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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