title: [Exposure to mercury in the population. II. Mercury release from amalgam fillings].
abstract: Urinary levels of mercury (HgU) were measured in 93 males and females aged 18-63 years. Subjects with amalgam fillings (n = 72) had, on average, significantly higher levels of mercury in urine (mean = 0.57 microgram Hg/l and 0.79 microgram Hg/g creatinine, respectively) than subjects without amalgam fillings (n = 21; mean = 0.18 micrograms Hg/l and 0.24 microgram Hg/g creatinine, respectively). Urinary mercury excretion was significantly correlated with the number of amalgam surfaces (log HgU (microgram/l) vs. number of amalgam fillings: r = 0.435, P less than 0.001; log HgU (microgram/g creatinine) vs. number of amalgam fillings: r = 0.575, p less than 0.001). The results indicate that internal mercury exposure from amalgam fillings is, on average, higher than internal exposure to mercury from food and other sources.
authors.affiliation: Medizinischen Institut für Umwelthygiene, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zander
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ewers
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Freier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westerweller
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jermann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brockhaus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008628:Mercury / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D003723:Dental Amalgam; D008628:Mercury
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zur Quecksilberbelastung der Bevölkerung. II. Quecksilberfreisetzung aus Amalgamfüllungen.