Indigenous tooth powders = Covert lead poisoning?

Indian Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 678-680

  Hegde, Sapna ^a   Shubha, A ^a   Rao, B ^a  

^a Paher University   (India)

Author keywords

Covert lead poisoning; indigenous tooth powders; lead in tooth powders

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POWDER; TOOTHPASTE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; POWDER;

DENTIFRICES; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; POWDERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84894812969     PISSN: 09709290     EISSN: 19983603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.127609     Document Type: Article

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