Relevant factors when considering fingernail clippings as a fluoride biomarker

Community Dental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-24

  McDonnell, S T ^a   O'Mullane, D ^a   Cronin, M ^a   MacCormac, C ^b   Kirk, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Armagh Dungannon Hlth Social S ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Fingernails; Fluoride

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; FLUORIDATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER SUPPLY; AGE; CHEMISTRY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRELAND; NAIL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NAILS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 2342453249     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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