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    “Research Based Advocacy for Policy Change: Ban or Restrict & Discourage Mercury Amalgam Use to Safeguard Children’s Health in Pakistan”

    Durrani, Shiza; Bashir, Hafsa; Mahmood A. Khwaja, DR. | September 2018
    Abstract
    Mercury is naturally occurring element in environment and humans are exposed to it through food, water and air (Labban et al., 2018). It is a very toxic substance which represents a global and major threat to human health, including in the form of methyl mercury in fish and seafood resources, ecosystems and wildlife (EU, 2017). The agency of toxic substances and disease registry (ATSDR) ranked mercury as the 3rd most toxic element (ATSDR, 2011). Mercury is used in dentistry as a filling material to fill tooth cavities caused by decay of tooth. The material is called Dental amalgam or silver filling and has been practiced since last 150 years. Silver amalgam is a mixture consisting of 50 % elemental mercury and powdered silver, tin, and copper. The reason for being used in dentistry; is its strength, durability, cost effectiveness and its properties that allow it to bind and react together to the other particle to form amalgam (FDA, 2017).
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    Durrani, Shiza; Bashir, Hafsa; Mahmood A. Khwaja, DR.. 2018. “Research Based Advocacy for Policy Change: Ban or Restrict & Discourage Mercury Amalgam Use to Safeguard Children’s Health in Pakistan”. © Sustainable Development Policy Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8968.
    Keywords
    Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
    Project Evaluation & Review Technique
    Project Evaluation
    Program Evaluation
    Performance Evaluation
    Operations Evaluation
    Evaluation Methods
    Evaluation
    Basic Health
    Family Welfare
    Family Planning
    Nutrition Programs
    Child Nutrition
    Health Costs
    Aged Health
    Medical Services
    Medical Insurance
    Health Costs
    Medical Care
    Dentistry
    Project impact
    Development projects
    Program management
    Performance appraisal
    Project appraisal
    Technology assessment
    Nutrition and Health Care
    Maternal and Child Health
    Partnerships in Health Reform
    Health Surveys
    Health Statistics
    Health Standards
    Health Policy Research
    Health Policy
    Child Health Services
    Cumulative effects assessment
    Grievance procedures
    Participatory monitoring and evaluation
    Public health records
    Health status indicators
    State and nutrition
    Food policy
    Nutrition policy
    Child study
    School hygiene
    Nursing homes
    Long-term care facilities
    Hospices
    Cost of medical care
    Medical and health care industry
    Delivery of medical care
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    Mahmood A. Khwaja, DR.
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