Aluminium and fluoride contents of tea, with emphasis on brick tea and their health implications

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 111-120

  Wong, M H ^a   Fung, K F ^a   Carr, H P ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Fluoride contents; Tea

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; FLUORIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; INFUSION; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TEA;

ALUMINUM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; TEA;

EID: 12244252755     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00385-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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