Assessment of the occupational expesure to mercury in dental surgeons at sesc headquarters in porto alegre

Authors

  • Carmen Beatriz Borges Fortes
  • Elson Romeu Farias
  • Jiovana Friedrich
  • Silvio Henrique Lafin Junior
  • Damasio Trindade
  • Lisia Maria Fensterseifer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2177-0018.111045

Keywords:

Occupational exposition to mercury, Mercury toxicity, Dentistry, Dental-surgeons

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyse the data obtained from a structured questionaire, and the mercury levels found in the urine of 5 1 dental-surgeons at the SESC headquarters in Porto Alegre in 1997. The analysis of data showed that dental-surgeons had occupational exposition to mercury, whereas most of them showed levels of mercury above the reference value of normality, which is 5ug/g creatinine, despite of this, it is still lower than the maximum allowable level which is 35ug/g creatinine.

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Published

2021-07-24

How to Cite

Fortes, C. B. B., Farias, E. R., Friedrich, J., Lafin Junior, S. H., Trindade, D., & Fensterseifer, L. M. (2021). Assessment of the occupational expesure to mercury in dental surgeons at sesc headquarters in porto alegre. Revista Da Faculdade De Odontologia De Porto Alegre, 40(1), 17–19. https://doi.org/10.22456/2177-0018.111045

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1 (1999)

Section

Original articles

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