The effect of fluoride on bone
1963
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The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
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Weidmann SM, Weatherell JA, Jackson D.
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22:105-10.
Conclusions
Although it is well known that the ingestion of high levels of fluoride can give rise to severe lesions in the skeletal tissues, such effects have never been found radiographically in persons using a water supply, containing less than 4 p.p.m fluorlde throughout life.
A histological study of thirty ribs taken from deceased residents of a region where the drinking water contained 1.9 p.p.m. fluoride revealed no changes characteristic of skeletal fluorosis.
Although even at a level