Fingernails and Toenails as Biomarkers of Subchronic Exposure to Fluoride from Dentifrice in 2- to 3-Year-Old Children

Caries Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-114

  Corrêa Rodrigues, Maria Heloísa ^a   De Magalhães Bastos, José Roberto ^a   Rabelo Buzalaf, Marília Afonso ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Children; Dentifrice; Fingernails; Fluoride, exposure; Toenails

Indexed keywords

FLUOROPHOSPHATE; HEXAMETHYLDISILOXANE; PLACEBO; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENTAL HEALTH; DIFFUSION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTRODE; FINGER NAIL; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTIFRICES; DIFFUSION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NAILS; PHOSPHATES; PLACEBOS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1242284281     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075934     Document Type: Article

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