Effects of fluoride on mechanical properties of femoral bone in growing rats

Fluoride

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Bohatyrewicz, A ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bone fluoride content; Bone mass; Bone Strength; Femoral; Femur; Mechanical properties; Rat study

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE LEVEL; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; FLUORIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0033134027     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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