Exposure to mercury from dental amalgams: A threat to society

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-340

  Maqbool, Faheem ^a   Bahadar, Haji ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MERCURY; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; DENTAL AMALGAM;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DENTISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FISH; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CHAIN; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MASTICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MERCURIALISM; NOTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PLASMA; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH FILLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY POISONING;

DENTAL AMALGAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908548232     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: 18486312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-65-2014-2543     Document Type: Note

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