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Effect of endemic fluorosis on cognitive function of school children in Alappuzha District, Kerala: A cross sectional study [PDF]

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2021
Background: Exposure to high fluoride levels in drinking water can lead to a number of adverse effects in children, including cognitive dysfunction. Despite being endemic for fluorosis, studies on its effect on the cognitive function of children are ...
Anjana Prabhakar, Kabeer Abdulkhayarkutty, Shaji Velayudhan Cheruvallil, Prasanth Sudhakaran   +3 more
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Prevalence and Determinants of Fluorosis and Association with Periodontal Health in an Endemic Region in Central India: A Community based Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Introduction: Dental fluorosis represents a significant public health concern in some communities of India. The groundwater of Rajgarh block, Madhya Pradesh, is considered fluoride-endemic as fluoride concentrations consistently exceed the World Health ...
Devashish Marskoley, Trina Sengupta, Saurav Basu   +2 more
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Radiographic sclerosis with intraoperative fragile bone in skeletal fluorosis: a case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Surgery
IntroductionSkeletal fluorosis is a rare toxic osteopathy characterized by massive bone fluoride fixation. The disease is an endemic problem in some parts of the world and is the result of the prolonged ingestion or inhalation of large amounts of ...
Weikun Hou, Lin Liu, Wensen Jing, Chao Lu, Yangquan Hao   +4 more
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Evaluation of factors associated with adult skeletal fluorosis in coal-burning type of endemic fluorosis and initial screening model based on machine learning in Guizhou, Southwest China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Skeletal fluorosis caused by coal-burning type endemic fluorosis greatly affects the health of the population in the affected areas, but large-scale diagnostic work is limited by human and material resources, making it difficult to implement ...
Mingdan You
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Application of musculoskeletal ultrasound in endemic skeletal fluorosis: a comparative study of water-borne and brick-tea–borne subtypes [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundEndemic skeletal fluorosis is a chronic disorder caused by prolonged excessive fluoride intake and is characterized by skeletal hyperostosis, periarticular soft-tissue degeneration, and joint dysfunction.
Xiaoli Hu, Siyu Zhang, Yuanyuan Chen, Fangying Liu   +3 more
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Spatial distribution of endemic fluorosis caused by drinking water in a high-fluorine area in Ningxia, China [PDF]

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020
Li M, Qu X, Miao H, Wen S, Hua Z, Ma Z, He Z.   +6 more
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Prevalence of Dental Caries and Dental Fluorosis in Association with the Level of Fluoride Content among the 6–12-year-old Children of Government Primary Schools of High and low Endemic Areas in Odisha

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Introduction: This study examines the correlation between dental caries and fluorosis among schoolchildren in fluoride-endemic regions of Odisha. Materials and Methods: An epidemiological study was conducted among 1800 schoolchildren (6–12 years) from ...
Jnana Ranjan Swain, Dipmalla Sahoo, Bismay Singh, Ujala Patnaik, Susant Mohanty, Sonu Acharya   +5 more
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Subchronic Arsenic Exposure Induces Behavioral Impairments and Hippocampal Damage in Rats

Toxics, 2023
This study investigated the effects of subchronic arsenic exposure on behavior, neurological function, and hippocampal damage in rats. Thirty-two male Wistar rats were divided into four groups and exposed to different concentrations of arsenic in their ...
Fang Chu, Wenjing Yang, Yang Li, Chunqing Lu, Zhe Jiao, Keming Bu, Zhipeng Liu, Hongna Sun, Dianjun Sun   +8 more
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Unveiling the LncRNA-miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network in Arsenic-Induced Nerve Injury in Rats through High-Throughput Sequencing

Toxics, 2023
Arsenic is a natural toxin which is widely distributed in the environment, incurring diverse toxicities and health problems. Previous studies have shown that long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are also reported to contribute to As-induced adverse effects ...
Fang Chu, Chunqing Lu, Zhe Jiao, Wenjing Yang, Xiyue Yang, Hao Ma, Hao Yu, Sheng Wang, Yang Li, Dianjun Sun, Hongna Sun   +10 more
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The Dose–Response Effect of Fluoride Exposure on the Gut Microbiome and Its Functional Pathways in Rats

Metabolites, 2023
Metabolic activities within the gut microbiome are intimately linked to human health and disease, especially within the context of environmental exposure and its potential ramifications.
Zhe Mo, Jian Wang, Xinyue Meng, Ailin Li, Zhe Li, Wenjun Que, Tuo Wang, Korto Fatti Tarnue, Xu Ma, Ying Liu, Shirui Yan, Lei Wu, Rui Zhang, Junrui Pei, Xiaofeng Wang   +14 more
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