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A -- CONTRIBUTION OF AMALGAM RESTORATION TO TOTAL BODY BURDEN OF MERCURY IN CHILDREN SOL RFP NIH-NIDR-11-97-4 POC Marilyn R. Zuckerman, Contracting Officer, (301) 594-5569. This is a notice of intent to issue RFP NIH-NIDR-11-97-4 on a sole-source basis to New England Research Institute (NERI), Watertown, Massachusetts 02172. The proposed two-year study will determine the contribution that dental amalgam restorations make to the total body burden of mercury in children. The kinetics of Mercury will be studied in children enrolled in a clinical trial on the health effects of dental amalgam, conducted through the New England/Forsyth Dental Center Children's Amalgam Trial Consortium. Negotiations will be conducted on a sole-source basis under authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. See Note 22. (0341)

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