@article{003d3d90a2c34659bac992150ab71213,
title = "Lymphocyte levels in subjects with and without amalgam restorations.",
abstract = "The claim that mercury from dental amalgam produces {"}reduced immunocompetence{"} was examined by measuring the levels of the three major populations of lymphocytes on 37 subjects--21 with amalgam restorations and 16 without. The results of this study show no indication that amalgam restorations affect the human immune system nor do they support the {"}reduced immunocompetence{"} claim.",
author = "Mackert, {J. R.} and Leffell, {M. S.} and Wagner, {D. A.} and Powell, {B. J.}",
note = "Funding Information: This report was supported by NIH/NIDR Grant No. RR05795 and by the Medical College of Georgia Research Institute. Approval was obtained from the Human Assurance Committee of the Medical College of Georgia before research was initiated. The authors thank Dr. P. K. Morse, professor emeritus of Dental Education, and Mr. H. C. Davis of the Office of Research and Computing and Statistics, Medical College of Georgia, for assistance in the statistical design of the study andanalysisoftheresults. Theauthorsalso thank Dr. A. C. Reese, associate professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine and School of Graduate Studies, Medical College of Georgia, for several helpful discussions.",
year = "1991",
month = mar,
doi = "10.14219/jada.archive.1991.0095",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "122",
pages = "49--53",
journal = "Journal of the American Dental Association",
issn = "0002-8177",
publisher = "American Dental Association",
number = "3",
}