Volume 32   No. 4    November 1999    Pages 199-268
FLUORIDE
QUARTERLY JOURNAL of the
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR FLUORIDE RESEARCH
Editor:  Prof A W Burgstahler  Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Managing Editor:  Dr Bruce Spittle Dunedin, New Zealand
Associate Editors:  Dr J R Lee Sebastopol, California, USA,
Prof G W Miller  Logan, Utah, USA   Prof Ming-Ho Yu Bellingham, Washington, USA
CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
Unraveling the fabric of fluoridation, thread by thread ... 199-200

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Notice to Authors ... 201-202
XXIIIrd ISFR Conference ... 202-203
Third International workshop on fluorosis
and defluoridation of water ... 203

RESEARCH REPORTS
Effects of protein supplementation and
deficiency on fluoride-induced toxicity in
reproductive organs of male mice
  NJ Chinoy and Dipti Mehta,
  Ahmedabad, India ... 204-214

Reversible toxicity of fluoride and aluminium in
liver and gastrocnemius muscle of female mice
  NJ Chinoy and Trupti N Patel,
  Ahmedabad, India ... 215-229

Pharmacological and toxicological effects
of aluminofluoride complexes
  A Strunecká and Jiří Patočka,
   Prague, Czech Republic ... 230-242

Adverse effects of combined arsenic and
fluoride on liver and kidney in rats
  Kai-tai Liu, Guo-Quan Wang, Li-Ying Ma,
  Ping jang, Bi-Yu Xiao, Chen Zhang, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China ... 243-247

Fluorine in toxicology, medicine,
and environment protection
  A Machoy-Mokrzyńska, Szczecin, Poland ... 248-250

Pan-asia-pacific conference on fluoride
and arsenic research
  David Kennedy, San Diego, CA, USA ... 251-254

ABSTRACTS

HEALTH/BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
The decline of caries in New Zealand over the past 40 years
  de Liefde B ... 255

Exposure to natural fluoride in well water and
hip fracture: a cohort analysis in Finland
  Kurttio P, Gustavsson N, Vartiainen T, Pekkanen J ... 255-256

Allergen sensitization and exposure to irritants in infancy
  Soyseth V, Kongerud J, Boe J ... 256

Fluoride exposure and dental fluorosis in Newburgh
and Kingston, New York: policy implications
  Kumar JV, Swango PA ... 256-257

DIETARY FLUORIDE
Fluoride in whole saliva, parotid ductal
saliva and plasma in children
  Whitford GM, Thomas JE, Adair SM ... 257

Systemic fluoride. Sources, amounts, and
effects of ingestion
  Warren JJ, Levy SM ... 257-258

Fluorosis risk in grade 2 students residing in a
rural area with widely varying natural fluoride
  Brothwell DJ, Limeback H ... 258

Fluoride intake from foods, beverages and dentifrice
by young children in communities with negligibly and
optimally fluoridated water: a pilot study
  Rojas-Sanchez F, Kelly SA, Drake KM,
  Eckert GJ, Stookey GK, Dunipace AJ ... 259

ENVIRONMENTAL FLUORIDE POLLUTION
Evaluation of bone mineral density in the distal radius
of former workers employed at the Aluminum Works
  Czerwinski E, Friedlein J, Kukielka RT ... 259-260

Respiratory health and fluoride exposure in different
parts of the modern primary aluminum industry
  Radon K, Nowak D, Heinrich-Ramm R, Szadkowski D ... 260

BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS
Mechanism of the mitogenic effect of fluoride on osteoblast-like cells: evidences for a G protein-
dependent tyrosine phosphorylation process
  Caverzasio J, Palmer G, Suzuki A, Bonjour JP ... 261

Increased CD3 positive cells in bronchoalveolar lavage
fluid after hydrogen fluoride inhalation
  Lund K, Refsnes M, Sandstrom T, Sostrand P,
  Schwarze P, Boe J, Kongerud J ... 261-262

Inflammatory responses of rat alveolar macrophages following exposure to fluoride
  Hirano S, Ando M, Kanno S ... 262-263

Usefulness of the assessment of urinary enzyme leakage
in monitoring acute fluoride nephrotoxicity
  Usuda K, Kono K, Dote T, Nishiura H, Tagawa T ... 263


Corrections ... 263
Author index 1999 ... 264-265
Subject index 1999 ... 266-268

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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1999, pp 199-268
International Society for Fluoride Research
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