RESEARCH REPORTS
CHARACTERISTICS OF BONE CHAR
RELATED TO EFFICACY OF FLUORIDE
REMOVAL FROM HIGHLY-FLUORIDATED WATER
  Phanfumvanit and R Z LeGeros, USA ... 207-218

ENDEMIC FLUOROSIS IN SAN LIUS POTOSI, MEXICO.
IV. SOURCES OF FLUORIDE EXPOSURE
  F Diaz-Barriga, R Leyva, J Quistian,
  JB Loyola-Rodriguez, A Pozos and
  M Grimaldo, Mexico ... 219-222

FLUOROSIS IN SOME TRIBAL VILLAGES OF DUNGARPUR DISTRICT OF RAJASTHAN, INDIA
  S L Choubisa, D K Choubisa, S C Joshi
  and L Choubisa, India ... 223-228

THE CONTROL OF COAL-BURNING
FLUOROSIS IN CHINA
  P S Hou, China ... 229-232

REVIEW
ENDEMIC FLUOROSIS IN MEXICO
  Fernando Diaz-Barriga, Aura Navarro-Quezada,
  Maria I Grijalva, Magdalena Grimaldo,
  Juan Pablo Loyola-Rodriguez and
  Marla Deogracias Ortiz, Mexico ... 233-239

ABSTRACTS
THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL FLUORIDE
FALLOUT ON FAUNAL SUCCESSION
FOLLOWING SAND-MINING OF DRY
SCLEROPHYLL FOREST AT TOMAGO NSW.
MYOBATRACHID FROG RECOLONIZATION
  M Letnic and B J Fox, Australia ... 240

FLUORIDE-INDUCED LESIONS IN THE TEETH OF THE SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOTE (MICROTUS AGRESTIS): A DESCRIPTION OF THE DENTAL PATHOLOGY
  I C Boulton, J A Cooke, and
  MS Johnson, England ... 240-241

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF
FLUORINE DEPOSITS ON MICROBIAL BIOMASS
AND ENZYME ACTIVITY IN GRASSLAND
  D Tscherko and E Kandeler, Austria ... 241

PREVENTION OF INDUSTRIALLY-INDUCED CATTLE AND SHEEP FLUOROSIS [French]
  G Milhaud and H J Vanweering, France ... 242

HYDROGEN FLUORIDE EFFECTS ON PLASMA MEMBRANE COMPOSITION AND ATPase ACTIVITY IN NEEDLES OF WHITE PINE (PINUS STROBUS) SEEDLINGS PRETREATED WITH 12 H PHOTOPERIOD
  K J Rakowski, Poland ... 242-243

FLUORIDE CONTENT AND MINERALIZATION OF RED DEER ANTLERS AND PEDICLES FROM FLUORIDE POLLUTED AND UNCONTAMINATED REGIONS
  U Kierdorf, A Richards, F Sedlacek and
  H Kierdorf, Germany ... 243-244

AVAILABILITY OF FLUORIDE TO PLANTS GROWN IN CONTAMINATED SOILS
  A K M Arnesen, Norway ... 244

FLUORIDE TREATMENT INCREASED SERUM IGF-1, BONE TURNOVER, AND BONE MASS, BUT NOT BONE STRENGTH, IN RABBITS
  C H Turner, L P Garetto,
  A J Dunipace et a/, USA ... 245

ETIDRONATE VERSUS FLUORIDE FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOPENIA IN PRIMARY BILARY CIRRHOSIS PRELIMINARY RESULTS AFTER 2 YEARS
  N Guarabens, A Pares,
  A Monegal et at, Spain ... 245-246

DISTURBANCES OF THE SECRETORY STAGE OF AMELOGENESIS IN FLUOROSED DEER TEETH. A SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC STUDY
  H Kierdorf and U Kierdorf, Germany ... 246

TWO TYPES OF INTRAORAL
DISTRIBUTION OF FLUOROTIC ENAMEL
  W H V Helderman, L Mabelya, MA Vanthof
  and K G Konig, The Netherlands ... 247

UNACCEPTABLY HIGH LEVELS OF FLUORIDE IN COMMERCIAL PREPARATIONS
OF SILVER FLUORIDE
  T Gotjamanos and F Afonso, Australia ... 247

SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO THE USE OF SILVER FLUORIDE IN PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
  T Gotjamanos, Australia ... 247

THE START OF CARIES DECLINE AND
RELATED FLUORIDE USE IN NORWAY
  F R Vorderfehr and O Haugejorden,
  Norway ... 248

SERUM IONIC FLUORIDE LEVELS IN
HAEMODIALYSIS AND CONTINUOUS
AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS
  J S Alwakeel, A H Mitwalli,
  S Hurailb et al, Saudi Arabia 249

LONG TERM FOLLOW UP OF IONIC
PLASMA FLUORIDE LEVEL IN PATIENTS
RECEIVING HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT
  A Nicclay, P Bertocchio, E Bargas,
  J P Reynier, France ... 249-250

FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS OF INFANT FOODS
  J R Heilman, M C Kintsy, S M Levy
  and J S Wefel, USA ... 250

ELECTROKINETIC BEHAVIOR OF FLUORIDE
SALTS AS EXPLAINED FROM WATER
STRUCTURE CONSIDERATIONS
  Y H Hu, Y J Lu, S Veeramasuneni
  and J D Miller, USA ... 250-251

NEW METHOD FOR RETROSPECTIVE DETECTION OF EXPOSURE TO ORGANOPHOSPHORUS ANTICHOLINESTERASES: APPLICATION TO ALLEGED SARIN VICTIMS OF JAPANESE TERRORISTS
  IM Polhuijs, J P Langenberg and
  H P Benschop, The Netherlands ... 251

DISCUSSION SECTION
DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES (Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1997)
  Review by R G Foulkes, Canada ... 252-257

Press Releases by EPA scientists et al, USA ... 258-259

BELLINGHAM CITY COUNCIL ... 260

FLUORIDE, TEETH AND THE: ATOMIC BOMB
  (abstacted from Waste Not)
  Joel Griffiths and Chris Bryson, USA ... 261-266

REPORT OF MEETING ... 267
LETTER CRITIQUE OF STUDY Bill Wilson ... 268-269
OFFICIAL "SAFE" FLUORIDE INTAKES BASED
ON ARITHMETIC ERROR (from Internet) ... 270-271

LETTERS TO EDITOR Jenkins Foulkes ... 272-274
NATICK NEWS ... 274
COMMENT ADDENDUM ... 274

INDEX 1997 ... 275-278