Amalgam dental fillings and hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 770-776

  Rothwell, Janet A ^a   Boyd, Paul J ^b  

^a General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory thresholds; Dental amalgam; Hearing loss; Mercury; Ototoxin; Presbyacusis

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH FILLING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DENTAL AMALGAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYCUSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 57649134257     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020802311224     Document Type: Article

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