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A comparative study of skeletal fluorosis among adults in two study areas of Bangarpet taluk, Kolar

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2016
Background: Skeletal fluorosis is a crippling disease resulting from excessive exposure to high fluoride from different sources. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of skeletal fluorosis in Bangarpet taluk of Kolar, to compare various epidemiological ...
M N Shruthi, Anil Navale Santhuram, H S Arun, B N Kishore Kumar   +3 more
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Magnitude of fluorosis and various interventions to reduce fluorosis in Gujarat, India

Environmental Disease, 2020
Background: Gujarat is one of the endemic states for the prevalence of fluorosis due to high fluoride levels in water of many villages in the state. Aim and Objectives: To determine the prevalence of dental fluorosis and skeletal fluorosis in Vadodara ...
Sangita V. Patel, Kedar Gautambhai Mehta, Prakash V. Kotecha   +2 more
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Expounding on the concerns of indian politicians regarding fluorosis: A qualitative analysis of parliamentary questions on fluorosis over two decades

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2021
Fluorosis is a major public health problem in India affecting nearly 20 states. Despite more than three decades of fluorosis prevention efforts, fluorosis continues to be a widely prevalent disease in India. The debilitating effects of skeletal fluorosis
Nesa Aurlene, V Aravinth, I Nanda Balan, Sunder Kote   +3 more
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Health impact of supplying safe drinking water containing fluoride below permissible level on flourosis patients in a fluoride-endemic rural area of West Bengal

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2011
Background: The problem of high fluoride concentration in groundwater resources has become one of the most important toxicological and geo-environmental issues in India.
Kunal Kanti Majumdar
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Skeletal Fluorosis: “Huffing” of Inhalant Computer Cleaning Fluid

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023
Skeletal fluorosis is a disorder characterized by the deposition of fluoride within the bones. It is a rare presentation in the United States since the administration of sodium fluoride for the treatment of osteoporosis was discontinued several years ago.
Austin Jasniewski, Udaya M. Kabadi
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A case report of skeletal fluorosis leading to cervical compressive myelopathy and a review of literature

MGM Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Fluorosis is a public health problem that is caused by excess intake of fluoride through ground/deep bore water. It gets deposited in the bones, teeth, and soft tissues. Fluoride in the human body acts as a “double-edged sword.” Fluoride is beneficial in
Abhishek Singhai, Vishnu N Mishra, Vaibhav Ingle   +2 more
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Assessment of high fluoride in water sources and endemic fluorosis in the North-Eastern communities of Gombe State, Nigeria

Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability, 2021
Fluoride content of drinking water sources in 12 communities in North-Eastern states, Nigeria, was investigation. The fluoride concentration analyses were performed using the SPADNS method according to the standard method for examining water and ...
Abdulmoseen Segun Giwa, Abdul Ghaffar Memon, Jabran Ahmad, Tariq Ismail, Sikandar Ali Abbasi, Kashif Kamran, Baozhen Wang, Bamidele Segun, Hankouraou Seydou   +8 more
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Reversibility of skeletal fluorosis. [PDF]

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1983
At two x ray examinations in 1957 and 1967, 17 cases of skeletal fluorosis were identified among long term cryolite workers in Copenhagen. In 1982 four of these patients were alive, eight to 15 years after exposure had ended. Radiographs were obtained, and the urinary fluoride excretion was measured.
P, Grandjean, G, Thomsen
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Prevalence of Fluorosis in Endemic Area of Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh: A Pilot Epidemiological Survey

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
Background A long-term excess of fluoride ingestion from drinking water, food substances, and industrial pollution may result in fluorosis, a public health hazard.
Vinay Kumar Gupta, Gaurav Mishra, Atrey J. Pai Khot, Seema Malhotra, Nishita Kankane   +4 more
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Prevalence of Brick Tea-Type Fluorosis in the Tibet Autonomous Region

Journal of Epidemiology, 2016
Background: The prevalence of brick tea-type fluorosis is high in Tibet because of the habit of drinking brick tea in this region. Brick tea-type fluorosis has become an urgent public health problem in China.
Zhipeng Fan
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