Fluoride levels in urine, blood plasma and serum of people living in an endemic fluorosis area in the thar desert, Pakistan

Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1212-1219

  Rafique, Tahir ^a   Ahmed, Iftekhar ^b   Soomro, Faisal ^c   Khan, Masood Hameed ^b   Shirin, Khaula ^a  

^a PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dental and skeletal fluorosis; Fluoride in plasma; Fluoride in serum; Fluoride in urine; Thar desert Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953245709     PISSN: 02535106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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