Mercury exposure and risks from dental amalgam in the US population, post-2000

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4257-4268

  Richardson, G M ^a   Wilson, R ^a   Allard, D ^a   Purtill, C ^a   Douma, S ^a   Graviere J ^a  

^a SNC LAVALIN INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; Exposure; Mercury; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CALIFORNIA; CORD BLOOD; DENTAL PRACTICE; EXHALED BREATHS; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE LEVEL; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY EXPOSURE; ON-BODY; PITUITARY GLAND; TOOTH SURFACE; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BLOOD; DENTAL AMALGAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ESTIMATION; FILLING; HEALTH RISKS; HISTOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); POPULATION STATISTICS; RESTORATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE;

DENTAL PROSTHESES;

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; HUMANS; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052072405     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.035     Document Type: Article

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