In-situ measurements of low-level mercury vapor exposure from dental amalgam with Zeeman atomic absorption spectroscopy

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 293-299

  Halbach, Stefan ^a   Welz, Gerhard ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Mercury Emission; Mercury Vapor; Oral Air; Zeeman Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINETICS; MAGNET; MERCURIALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETER; STANDARD; VALVE; VAPOR;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 4344566296     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376520490434548     Document Type: Article

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