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Enwonwu, C.O. "Potential Health Hazard of Use of Mercury in Dentistry: Critical Review of the Literature" Environmental Research 42, 257-274 1987
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Lorscheider, FL; Vimy, MJ; Pendergrass, JC; Haley, BE.Mercury Vapor Exposure Inhibits Tubulin Binding to GTP In Rat Brain: A Molecular Lesion Also Present in Human Alzheimer Brain. FASEB J. 9(4): A-3845. FASEB Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 10th March 1995.
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Vimy, M.J. and Lorscheider, F.L. "Dental Amalgam Mercury Daily Dose Estimated from Intra-Oral Vapor Measurements: A Predictor of Mercury Accumulation in Human Tissues" The Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine 3:111-123 (1990)
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Pamphlett R, Slater M, Thomas S Department of Pathology, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Oxidative damage to nucleic acids in motor neurons containing mercury. J Neurol Sci 1998 Aug 14;159(2):121-6
Schionning JD, Larsen JO, Tandrup T, Braendgaard H Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Denmark.Selective degeneration of dorsal root ganglia and dorsal nerve roots in methyl mercury-intoxicated rats: a stereological study. Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 1998 Aug;96(2):191-201
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