ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
Exposures of dental professionals to elemental mercury and methylmercury.
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- Human biomonitoring in support of the Minamata Convention: a case of phasing out dental amalgam.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Article
- Occupational Risk Factors for Kidney Disease: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Review
- Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Mercury Levels and Neurological Symptoms: An Overview.Toxics · 2024Review
- Associations between mercury exposure with blood pressure and lipid levels: A cross-sectional study of dental professionals.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Mercury level in biological samples of dentists in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2020Review
- [Mercury exposure and dentists' health status in two regions of centrall Morocco: descriptive cross-sectional survey].The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- A State-of-the-Science Review of Mercury Biomarkers in Human Populations Worldwide between 2000 and 2018.Environmental health perspectives · 2018Review
- Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change.Ambio · 2018Article
- An Ecological and Human Biomonitoring Investigation of Mercury Contamination at the Aamjiwnaang First Nation.EcoHealth · 2016Article
- Genetic polymorphisms are associated with hair, blood, and urine mercury levels in the American Dental Association (ADA) study participants.Environmental research · 2016Article
- Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of methylmercury from seafood commonly consumed in North America: In vitro and epidemiological studies.Environmental research · 2016Article
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Abstract
Mercury (Hg) exposure, a worldwide public health concern, predominantly takes two forms--methylmercury from fish consumption and elemental Hg from dental amalgam restorations. We recruited 630 dental professionals from an American Dental Association meeting to assess Hg body burden and primary sources of exposure in a dually exposed population. Participants described occupational practices and fish consumption patterns via questionnaire. Hg levels in biomarkers of elemental Hg (urine) and methylmercury (hair and blood) were measured with a Direct Mercury Analyzer-80 and were higher than the general US population. Geometric means (95% CI) were 1.28 (1.19-1.37) μg/l in urine, 0.60 (0.54-0.67) μg/g in hair and 3.67 (3.38-3.98) μg/l in blood. In multivariable linear regression, personal amalgams predicted urine Hg levels along with total years in dentistry, amalgams handled, working hours and sex. Fish consumption patterns predicted hair and blood Hg levels, which were higher among Asians compared with Caucasians. Five species contributed the majority of the estimated Hg intake from fish--swordfish, fresh tuna, white canned tuna, whitefish and king mackerel. When studying populations with occupational exposure to Hg, it is important to assess environmental exposures to both elemental Hg and methylmercury as these constitute a large proportion of total exposure.
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