Abstract:
:In 1954 I described a case of chronic fluoride poisoning from artificially fluoridated water, in which the patient exhibited a multisymptomatic clinical picture without noticeable skeletal changes. Subsequently, others and I have confirmed this "nonskeletal phase" of the disease from fluoride in water and in air (in workers in fluoride-emitting factories and in people residing near such factories) and from fluoride-containing drugs. Further details on this disease are presented. In view of the constantly expanding use of fluoride in industry as well as its increase in food, water, and other hidden sources and because of the reactivity of the fluoride ion, the implications of these findings with respect to the etiology of several heretofore unexplained illnesses are discussed.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Waldbott GLsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1980-03-01 00:00:00pages
301-6issue
3eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
73pub_type
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
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doi:10.1097/00007611-198008000-00018
更新日期:1980-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1981-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,实务指引
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更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198904000-00005
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197607000-00003
更新日期:1976-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198207000-00012
更新日期:1982-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198412000-00034
更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198312000-00017
更新日期:1983-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1979-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198412000-00009
更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00