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People with high mercury uptake form their own dental amalgam fillings
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Barregard, Lars ‌
People with high mercury uptake form their own dental amalgam fillings / Lars Barregard, Gerd Sällsten, Bengt Jävholm
Sumario: Dental amalgam fillings release mercury (Hg) as elemental Hg vapour, which is readily absorbed (80%) when inhaled. Furthermore, some mercury is dissolved in saliva or swallowed as amalgam particles, a small fraction of which is absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. In populations with many amalgam fillings, these constitute the major source of exposure to inorganic mercury. The variation between people in Hg uptake from amalgam fillings is, however, poorly described. The authors report three cases with high absorption of Hg from their dental amalgam fillings
En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - Vol. 52, nº 2, February 1995 ; p. 124-128
1. Medicina ‌. 2. Odontología ‌. 3. Mercurio ‌. 4. Vapores de mercurio ‌. 5. Toxicología ‌. I. Sällsten, Gerd ‌. II. Järvholm, Bengt ‌. III. Title. IV. Título: Occupational and environmental medicine.