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Title |
Dental amalgam and urinary mercury concentrations: a descriptive study
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Published in |
BMC Oral Health, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6831-13-44 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Alexandra Nicolae, Harry Ames, Carlos Quiñonez |
Abstract |
Dental amalgam is a source of elemental and inorganic mercury. The safety of dental amalgam in individuals remains a controversial issue. Urinary mercury concentrations are used to assess chronic exposure to elemental mercury. At present, there are no indications of mercury-associated adverse effects at levels below 5 μg Hg/g creatinine (Cr) or 7 μg Hg/L (urine). The purpose of the present study is to determine the overall urinary mercury level in the Canadian general population in relation to the number of dental amalgam surfaces. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Australia | 1 | 2% |
Austria | 1 | 2% |
Brazil | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 52 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 11 | 20% |
Student > Bachelor | 10 | 18% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 15% |
Researcher | 6 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
Other | 10 | 18% |
Unknown | 7 | 13% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 42% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 13% |
Environmental Science | 5 | 9% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 4% |
Other | 6 | 11% |
Unknown | 10 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 March 2018.
All research outputs
#4,813,411
of 25,591,967 outputs
Outputs from BMC Oral Health
#293
of 1,809 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#39,563
of 210,843 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Oral Health
#5
of 19 outputs
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