Positive patch test for mercury possibly from exposure to amalgam
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Positive patch test for mercury possibly from exposure to amalgam.
OBJECTIVES Mercury allergy is a serious health problem. We investigated the relationship between positive patch test for mercury and sources of mercury exposure, indicated by concentrations in biological samples from healthy medical students. METHODS Patch tests for mercury (Hg-PT) were performed on 580 students. For a group of 55 students with a positive Hg-PT result (Hg-PT(+)) and a referen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1342-078X,1347-4715
DOI: 10.1007/bf02897987