Mercury Debt: Molecular Mechanisms and Exposome Mapping of Persistent Post‐Amalgam Exposure
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Authors
- Ghassan Sonji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6100-3182)
- Nada M. Sonji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3792-4763)
- Afaf El Katerji
Institutions
- American University of Beirut Medical Center (LB)
- Lebanese International University (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Applied Toxicology
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jat.70436
- Primary Topic
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00