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Oxidative stress in cases of chronic fluoride intoxication

Vinita Ailani1, R C Gupta, Sunil Kumar Gupta

  • 1Department of Physiology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, 302004 India.

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry : IJCB
|October 30, 2012
PubMed

Keywords:
Drinking water fluorideFluorosisSerum fluorideSuper oxide dismutaseUrinary fluoride

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