Bone as a biomarker of acute fluoride toxicity

Forensic Science International

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 209-214

  De Menezes, Léa Maria Bezerra ^a   Volpato, Maria Cristina ^b   Rosalen, Pedro Luiz ^b   Cury, Jaime Aparecido ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Biomarker; Bone; Fluoride

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORIDE;

ACIDITY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FEMUR; INTUBATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0242594567     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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