Economic impact of regulating the use of amalgam restorations

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 657-663

  Beazoglou, Tryfon ^a   Eklund, Stephen ^b,f   Heffley, Dennis ^c   Meiers, Jonathan ^a   Brown, L Jackson ^d   Bailit, Howard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY; DENTAL ALLOY;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAW; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL SURGERY; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION WEAR; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148850580     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200513     Document Type: Article

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