Current and future role of fluoride in nutrition

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-243

  Warren, John J ^a   Levy, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; TOOTHPASTE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; BEVERAGE; DENTAL CARIES; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; MILK; MOUTH HYGIENE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; VOMITING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH;

DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ORAL HEALTH; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0038654070     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-8532(02)00098-8     Document Type: Review

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