Water fluoridation and the environment: Current perspective in the United States

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-350

  Pollick, Howard F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dept Prev/Restorative Dent Sci ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Fluoridation; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOSILICIC ACID; LEAD; SILICIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CORROSION; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PIPELINE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444369145     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.3.343     Document Type: Review

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