caa a22 4500 477132472 CHVBK 20180405111707.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19971201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1018380501673 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1018380501673 Urinary mercury levels in females: Influence of skin-lightening creams and dental amalgam fillings [Elektronische Daten] [Iman Al-Saleh, Neptune Shinwari] The influence of application of skin-lightening creams and dental amalgam fillings on the urinary mercury (Hg) level was evaluated in 225 females (ages 17 to 58 years) living in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia. The arithmetic mean of the urinary Hg level was 6.96 ± 20.43 μg l, in the range 0 to 204.8 μg l. The mean urinary Hg level adjusted by creatinine (Cr) was 11.22 ± 37.23 μg g Cr, in the range 0 to 459.37 μg g. No significant difference in urinary Hg was noted between the females regarding the use of skin-lightening creams. On the other hand, results showed that urinary Hg concentration was influenced by the use and number of dental amalgam fillings. No women were identified with symptoms or signs that could be attributed to Hg intoxication. Urine analyses for creatinine, urea, uric acid, phosphorus, magnesium, glucose and calcium showed significant correlation with urinary Hg. This suggests that chronic exposure to Hg may be associated with a deterioration of renal function. Chapman and Hall, 1997 dental amalgam nationallicence Saudi Arabia nationallicence skin-lightening creams nationallicence urinary Hg nationallicence Al-Saleh Iman Biological & Medical Research Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia aut Shinwari Neptune Biological & Medical Research Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia aut Biometals Kluwer Academic Publishers 10/4(1997-12-01), 315-323 0966-0844 10:4<315 1997 10 10534 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018380501673 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018380501673 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Al-Saleh Iman Biological & Medical Research Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shinwari Neptune Biological & Medical Research Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biometals Kluwer Academic Publishers 10/4(1997-12-01), 315-323 0966-0844 10:4<315 1997 10 10534 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer