Toxic effects of silicofluoridated water in chinchillas, caimans, alligators, and rats held in captivity

Fluoride

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-88

  Burgstahler, Albert W ^a   Freeman, Roy F ^a   Jacobs, Pat Nichols ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Parrot Hill Croc Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligators; Caimans; Chinchillas; Eye membrane injury; Fluoridated water; Fluorosilicic acid; Liver silicosis; Rat tumors; Spinal deformity; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

FLUOROSILICONE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHINCHILLA; EYE INJURY; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUORIDATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SILICOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; STILLBIRTH; TUMOR; ULCER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; CAIMAN; CHINCHILLIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 44449105557     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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