Position of the American Dietetic Association: The impact of fluoride on health

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1208-1213

  Palmer, Carole A ^a   Anderson, John J B ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0034294802     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(00)00349-7     Document Type: Article

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