Volume 27  No. 4  October, 1994  Pages 183-248
FLUORIDE
Quarterly Reports issued by the
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR FLUORIDE RESEARCH
Editor: John Colquhoun, PhD Auckland, New Zealand
Co-editors: AW Burgstahler, PhD, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
GW Miller, PhD, Logan, Utah, USA;  Bruce Spittle, PhD, Dunedin, New Zealand
CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
A view of the Beijing conference ... 183-184

New ISFR Officers ... 184

RESEARCH REPORTS
Fluoride absorption in vitro by the gastrointestinal tract of the rat
  K Gharzouli, A Senator, Algeria ... 185-188

Studies on sural nerve biopsies in endemic skeletal fluorosis
  B Sesikeran, SH Rao, D Krishnamurthi,
  DR Reddy, India ... 189-193

A method for estimating individual predisposition to occupational fluorosis
  EV Polzik, VE Zinger,
  GA Valova, et al, Russia ... 194-200

Influence of essential phospholipids (epl) on selected biochemical parameters of lipid metabolism in rats chronically exposed to ammonium fluoride vapours
  A Machoy-Mokrzynska, A Put,
  M Ceglecka, Z Mysliwiec,
  Poland ... 201-204

Transient and reversible fluoride toxicity in some soft tissues of female mice
  NJ Chinoy, AS Walimbe, HA Vyas,
  P Mangla, India ... 205-214

Sister chromatid exchanges: a study in fluorotic individuals of North Gujarat
  FJ Sheth, AS Multani,
  NJ Chinoy, India ... 215-219

RESEARCH REVIEWS
Impact of artificial fluoridation on salmon species in the US Northwest and British Columbia, Canada
  RG Foulkes, AC Anderson,
  Canada and USA ... 220-226

Critical review of "slow-release sodium fluoride in the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis" (Pak et al)
  John R Lee, USA ... 227-228

ABSTRACTS
Marked decrease in trabecular bone quality after five years of sodium fluoride therapy – assessed by biomechanical testing of iliac crest bone biopsies in osteoporotic patients
  CH Sogaard, L Mosekilde, A Richards,
  L Mosekilde, Denmark ... 229

Compressive properties of cortical bone: mineral organic interfacial bonding
  WR Walsh, N Guzelsu, USA ... 229-230

EFfects of fluoride on human bone cells in vitro - differences in responsiveness between stromal osteoblast precursors and mature osteoblasts
  M Kassem, L Mosekilde,
  EF Eriksen, USA ... 230

Exposure to high fluoride concentrations in drinking water is associated with decreased birth rates
  SC Freni, USA ... 231

In vitro fluoride toxicity in human spermatozoa
  NJ Chinoy, MV Narayana,
  India ... 231-232

Chronic aluminum fluoride administration 1. Behavioral observations
  JA Varner, WJ Horvath,
  CW Huie et al, USA ... 232

Comparison of the effects of fluoride on the calcium pumps of cardiac and fast skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum
  C Hawkins, A Xu, N Narayanan,
  Canada ... 233

Effects of plasma fluoride and dietary calcium concentrations on GI absorption and secretion of fluoride in the rat
  GM Whitford, USA ... 234

Effect of a combined chlorhexidine and naf mouth rinse - an in vivo human caries model study
  BN Ullsfoss, B Ogaard,
  J Arends et al, Norway ... 234-235

Fluoride uptake in human dentine from glass-ionomer cement in vivo
  M Mukai, M Ikeda, T Yanagihara et al,
  Japan ... 235

Dental tissue effects of fluoride
  O Fejerskov, MJ Larsen, A Richards,
  V Baelum, Denmark ... 236

Eruption of deciduous teeth: influence of undernutrition and environmental fluoride
  VRR Kodali, KAVR Krishnamachari,
  J Gowrinathsastry, India ... 236-237

Water fluoridation, tooth decay, and cancer
  JA Yiamouyiannis, USA ... 237

An analysis of the causes of tooth decay in children in Tucson, Arizona
  T Jones, C Steelink, J Sierka,
  USA ... 238

DISCUSSION
Final Rejoinder
  G Neil Jenkins ... 239-240

LETTERS TO EDITOR
  T Murakami, BA Burt, JR Lee ... 241-242

INDEX 1994 ... 243-248

FLUORIDE, official journal of the International Society for Fluoride Research, publishes quarterly reports on biological, chemical, ecological, industrial, toxicological and clinical aspects of inorganic and organic fluoride compounds. The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is: 0015-4725 MEMBERSHIP
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FLUORIDE 27 (4)
1994, pp 183-248
International Society for Fluoride Research
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