Does fluoride toxicity cause hypertension in patients with endemic fluorosis?

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 1-2

  Varol, Ercan ^a   Varol, Simge ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUOROSIS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84865196582     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9499-1     Document Type: Letter

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