Correlation of fluoride in drinking water with urine, blood plasma, and serum fluoride levels of people consuming high and low fluoride drinking water in Pakistan

Fluoride

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-388

  Ahmed, Iftekhar ^a   Rafique, Tahir ^b   Hasan, Syed Khaqan ^a   Khan, Nazeer ^a   Khan, Masood Hameed ^a   Usmani, Tanzil Haider ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fluoride in plasma; Fluoride in serum; Fluoride in urine; Pakistan; Thar desert

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 84877951331     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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