Fluoride concentrations in traditional and herbal teas: Health risk assessment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 231, Issue , 2017, Pages 779-784

  Das, Suchismita ^a,b   de Oliveira, Letuzia M ^a   da Silva, Evandro ^a   Liu, Yungen ^c   Ma, Lena Q ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Hazard quotient; Herbal; Infusion; Tea

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; DRUG INFUSION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DAILY INTAKE; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; HAZARD QUOTIENTS; HERBAL; TEA INFUSION; WATER SOURCE;

HEALTH RISKS;

FLUORIDE; FLUOROPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENTAL HEALTH; FLUORIDE; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENTAL FLUOROSIS; FLUID INTAKE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HERBAL TEA; HUMAN; PH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL FLUOROSIS; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

ADULT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; PHOSPHATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEA; TEAS, HERBAL;

EID: 85028512142     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.083     Document Type: Article

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