Blood serum mercury test report
| Autor: | Allan S. Moodie, Ralph E. Keller, John Vandenberge |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
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business.industry Dentists technology industry and agriculture Dentistry chemistry.chemical_element Mercury Normal serum Dental Assistants medicine.disease Mercury poisoning Mercury (element) stomatognathic diseases Test report Blood serum stomatognathic system chemistry Health hazard Dental Offices Mercury Poisoning Humans Medicine Female business General Dentistry |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of the American Dental Association. 94:1155-1157 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8177 |
| DOI: | 10.14219/jada.archive.1977.0399 |
| Popis: | At the Maryland Dental Convention, 111 dentists and auxiliaries were tested for blood serum mercury levels. A clinical blood serum mercury test of 111 dentists and auxiliaries revealed that more than 50% had above normal serum mercury levels. This study showed that there may be a mercury health hazard in some dental environments. Acute mercury poisoning may be corrected simply by removing the cause, but long-term chronic effects are not known. Frequent screening of offices and personnel is advised. Experience reported here indicates that large amounts of mercury vapor are emitted when an amalgam carrier is heated over a flame to dislodge particles, and also, that water-covered amalgam scrap releases mercury vapor. |
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