creators_name: Danasekaran, R
creators_name: Mani, G
creators_name: Annadurai, K
creators_id: mailraja84@gmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2015-02-21 14:36:30
lastmod: 2015-04-20 11:42:56
metadata_visibility: show
title: Mercury Free Healthcare by 2020: Time for Action
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Mercury; Thermometer; Sphygmomanometer; Dental amalgam
abstract: Urgent steps are needed to realise the goals of mercury free healthcare by 2020.
date: 2014-02-20
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 12
number: 4(16)
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Danasekaran, R and Mani, G and Annadurai, K  (2014) Mercury Free Healthcare by 2020: Time for Action.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/9723/1/2013-4-16.pdf