The contribution of dental amalgam to urinary mercury excretion in children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1527-1531

  Woods, James S ^a   Martin, Michael D ^a   Leroux, Brian G ^a   DeRouen, Timothy A ^a   Leitäo, Jorge G ^b   Bernardo, Mario F ^b   Luis, Henrique S ^b   Simmonds, P Lynne ^a   Kushleika, John V ^a   Huang, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DENTÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Children; Dental; Mercury; Urine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; RESIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH DISEASE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

CHILD; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MERCURY; PORTUGAL; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35448944439     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10249     Document Type: Article

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