The Influence of Sodium Fluoride upon the Composition of Tibiae of Rats Partially Recovering from Rickets

Authors

C. A. Kempf, Iowa State CollegeFollow
V. E. Nelson, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

McClure (1) has recently called attention to the need for additional information dealing with the localization of fluorine in teeth and bones and with associative factors invoked in its absorption and metabolism. The work of Roholm (2) and Shortt (3) with the human being appeared to support this viewpoint strongly. Roholm (2) found that fluoride may cause either osteomalacia or osteosclerosis and that storage of fluorine in the bodies of female workers in the cryolite industry in Denmark was sometimes sufficiently great that, even after they left the factory, enough fluorine to cause tooth damage was secreted in their milk. Shortt (3) et al. found ostcosclerosis associated with 30 to 45 years residence in a mottled enamel area in India.

Publication Date

1941

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

48

Issue

1

First Page

199

Last Page

205

Copyright

©1941 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Kempf, C. A. and Nelson, V. E. (1941) "The Influence of Sodium Fluoride upon the Composition of Tibiae of Rats Partially Recovering from Rickets," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 48(1), 199-205.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol48/iss1/36