Fluorine and Fluorosis [June 1944].
June 1944
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Indian Medical Gazette
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Editorial
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273-274.
Excerpt
The first account of mottled enamel in human beings was given in 1902 by Eager of the United States Public Health Service who noticed its frequency among Italian emigrants from Naples. Black and McKay (1916) found it occurring in various parts of the U.S.A. and described it more fully in 1916. Since then, cases have been reported from every continent, but although popular belief associated the condition with drinking water, it was not till 1932 that fluorine contained in it was establis