Dental clinics: A point pollution source, not only of mercury but also of other amalgam constituents

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1133-1139

  Shraim, Amjad ^a,b   Alsuhaimi, Awadh ^a   Al Thakafy, Jalal Thamer ^a,c  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Dental wastewater; ICP MS; Mercury pollution; Metals; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOYS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MERCURY AMALGAMS; METALS; POLLUTION; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL WASTEWATERS; HAZARDOUS WASTES; ICP-MS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY POLLUTION; POINT POLLUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMALGAM; BARIUM; COPPER; IRON; MERCURY; SILVER; STRONTIUM; TIN; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SAMPLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; DENTAL CLINIC; MEAL; MERCURY POLLUTION; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER;

MADINAH; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79960603148     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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