Why do penguins not develop skeletal fluorosis?

Fluoride

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-118

  Yin, Xuebin ^a,b   Chen, Liang ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a   Wang, Ming ^a   Luo, Honghao ^a   Ruan, Diyun ^a   Wang, Yuhong ^c   Wang, Zhangmin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b University of Science and Technology of China   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguins; Chitin; Organic fluoride; Penguin bones; Skeletal fluorosis

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; FLUORIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FLUOROSIS; FRACTIONATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOFLUOROSIS; PENGUIN; RAT;

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; RATTUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 78049477645     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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