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Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 517391, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/517391
Review Article

A Safe Protocol for Amalgam Removal

Dana G. Colson

Dr. Dana Coloson & Associates, 1950 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, M4S 1Z4, Canada

Received 9 August 2011; Accepted 1 November 2011

Academic Editor: Margaret E. Sears

Copyright © 2012 Dana G. Colson. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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