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Fluoride metabolism: its significance in water fluoridation.

March 1956 | The Journal of the American Dental Association | Harold C. Hodge | 52(3):307-314.
Excerpt The purpose of this report is the review of the present knowledge of the metabolism of fluorides, particularly in the human body, and the use of this knowledge in estimating the factors of safety in water fluoridation. In this discussion, many of the biological effects of fluorides (purported or well-established) will receive no mention. On the other hand, there are a few important biological effects of fluorides so well studied that there is an established relation between the effect a