Mercury concentrations in blood from Danish dentists
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Blood samples from a group of 130 dentists and a control group of 40 blood-donors were analyzed by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometry in order to evaluate the extent of mercury exposure. The median blood concentration of mercury was 4.0 (range: 1.2-19.2) micrograms/l for dentists and 2.0 (1.1-4.6) micrograms/l for controls (2P less than 0.01). Practice characteristics obtained in a questionnaire showed no statistically significant relationship to blood mercury, but 49 dentists having one or more fish meals per wk, had a median concentration of mercury, which was 47% higher than dentists seldomly consuming fish (2P less than 0.01). It was concluded that none of the examined dentists had blood concentrations above the level (35 micrograms Hg/l) associated with the hygienic threshold limit.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Dental Research |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 56-9 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISSN | 0029-845X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 1988 |
- Adult, Aged, Animals, Denmark, Dentists, Environmental Exposure, Feeding Behavior, Female, Fishes, Humans, Male, Mercury/blood, Middle Aged
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