Does fluoridation harm immune function?

Community Dental Health

Volumn 13 SUPPL. 2, Issue , 1996, Pages 69-71

  Challacombe, S J ^a,b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION TEST; REVIEW;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CELL MIGRATION INHIBITION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION;

EID: 0030237386     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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