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Occupational Medicine 1980;30:37-39
© 1980 Society of Occupational Medicine

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Mercury Poisoning in Dentists*

IAN S. SYMINGTON, JOAN D. CROSS, IAN M. DALE and JOHN M.A. LENIHAN

Employment Medical Advisory Service Dundee
Department of Clinical Physics and Bio-engineering, West of Scotland Health Boards Glasgow

Two cases are reported of mercury poisoning occurring in dental practitioners through occupational contact with amalgams. Smoking cigarettes with mercury-contaminated hands may have been an important source of exposure.

Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Dr Ian S. Symington, Employment Medical Advisory Service, Overgate House, Marketgait, Dundee.


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