RT Book, Section
A1 Meier, Kathryn H.
A2 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Anderson, Ilene B.
A2 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Clark, Richard F.
A2 Kearney, Thomas E.
A2 Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2 Wu, Alan H. B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1179991401
T1 FLUORIDE
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179991401
RD 2022/06/25
AB Fluoride-liberating  chemicals  are  found  in  some  automobile  wheel  cleaners,  rust  removers,  glass-etching  solutions,  pesticides,  agents  used  in  aluminum  production,  dietary  supplements,  drugs  used  to  prevent  dental  caries,  and  the  antifungal  voriconazole.  It  is  also  found  in  hydrogen  fluoride  and  hydrofluoric  acid,  which  have  additional  dermal  and  inhalational  hazards  and  are  discussed  separately.  By  ingestion,  soluble  fluoride  salts  are  rapidly  absorbed  and  are  more  acutely  toxic  than  poorly  soluble  compounds  (Table  II–27).  Most  toothpaste  contains  up  to  5  mg  of  fluoride  per  teaspoon,  and  tea  can  contain  0.3–5.1  mg  of  fluoride  per  liter.  Although  low  fluoride  concentrations  added  to  public  drinking  water  decreases  tooth  decay,  in  some  parts  of  the  world  high  concentrations  of  fluoride  contaminating  drinking  water  causes  a  number  of  chronic  health  problems  including  skeletal  fluorosis.