The Minamata Convention and the phase down of dental amalgam

Bull World Health Organ. 2018 Jun 1;96(6):436-438. doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.203141. Epub 2018 May 14.

Authors

Julian Fisher¹, Benoit Varenne², Desiree Narvaez³, Carolyn Vickers⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Informatics, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
² Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases Department, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
³ Chemicals and Health Branch, United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Dental Amalgam / chemistry*
Dental Amalgam / economics
Dental Caries / prevention & control*
Dental Caries / therapy*
Dental Restoration, Permanent / economics
Dental Restoration, Permanent / methods*
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Promotion
Humans
Mercury*
Oral Health

Substances

Dental Amalgam
Mercury

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International