July, 1969

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Vol. Two No. Three

FLUORIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF

OFFICERS

Vice-President President Prof. A.W. Burgstahler P.E. Zanfagna, M.D.

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence, Massachusetts

ADVISORY BOARD

Prof. G. F r d Prof. J.B. Patrick Institute of Occupational Medicine Mary Baldwin College

Staunton, Virginia University of Palermo, I taly

K. Garber, Dr. Ret. Nat.

Hamburg. Germany

Prof. F. Pinet State's Institute for Applied Botany Lyon, France

Prof. S.S. Jolly Medical College

Patiala, India

J.V. Marhold, M.D., Ph.0. Research Institute for Organic Synthesis

Pardubice, CSSR

MUDr. Gabriela Balazova, CSc.

Brat is1 av a, Czechoslovakia Vyskumny Instav. Hygien

Roger J. Berry, M.A., M.D., D. Phil

Headington, Oxford, England

Dr. Ernest Bovay, Director Federal Agricultural Research Station

Liebefeld-Bern, Switzerland

Prof. Or. Rosenberger Veterinary University H annover, Germany

Prof. A.H. Siddiqui Hyderabad, India

EDITORIAL BOARD

Dr. Gottfried Halbwachs

Vienna, Austria Hochrhule Fur Bodenkultur

Prof. G. Neil Jenkins The Dental School, Univ. of

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Jerry Krechniak, Ph.D. Medical Academy

Univ. of Gdansk, Poland

Secretary G.L. Waldbott, M.D.

Detroit, Michigan

H.M. Sinclair, M.D., D.Sc. Magdalen College

Oxford, England

Prof. M. Soriano School of Medicine

Univ. o f Barcelona, Spain

Prof. D.G. Steyn

South Africa Silverton, Pretoria,

Prof. Rene Truhaut Faculte De Pharmacie

Universit6 de Paris, France

Prof. Albert Schatz Temple University

Philadelphia, Pa.

Carlo Mangoni di S. Stefano, M.D. Institute of Human Physiology

University of Naples, I taly

S.P.S. Teotia, M.D. King George's Medical College University o f Lucknow, India

Prof. A ly H. Mohamed University of Missouri

Kansas City, Mo.

Vol. Two No. Three July, 1969 Pages 136 - 191

FLUORIDE Quarterly

Issued by

THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR FLUORIDE RESEARCH Editor

G. 1. Woldbott, M.D. Detroit, Michigan

Co-Editor A. W. Burgstohler, Ph.D.

Lawrence, Kansas

CONTENTS

ED IT0 R I A LS Cancer and Fluoride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liver Damage in Chronic Fluoride Intoxication . .

Metabolic Studies on Skeletal Fluorosis with a New Approach to i t s Treatment (Preliminary Report) S.P.S. Teotia, K.B. Kunwar and M. Teotia, Lucknow, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Action of Fluoride - D.A. Berman,

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Studies on the Mechanism of the Positive lnotropic

Los Angeles, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(A Review) - R.J. Berry, Oxford, England. . . . . . . . . . . . Effects of Fluoride on Cells and Tissues in Culture -

The In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Fluoride on Succinic Dehydrogenase Activity - W.D. Sullivan, S.J., Boston, Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Action of Fluorine and Other Trace Elements on Periapical Osteolysis Following Experimental Pulpal Infection in Rats - L. Rosengren, Goteborg, Sweden . . . . . . . . . . .

Reversible Inhibition of Platelet Function by Fluoride Compounds - K. Breddin, Frankfurt, Germany . . . . . . . .

CONVERSION TABLE: MOLES TO PPM by A.W. Burgstahler. . . ABSTRACTS

The Importance of Dietary Magnesium with Particular Reference to Humans - J.R. Marier

Damage to Vines by Fluoride Emissions - H. H. Hopp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Morbidity and Mortality in Man Caused by Pulmonary Cancer and i t s Relation to the Pollution of the Atmosphere in the Areas of Aluminum Plants - N.N. Litvinow, M.S. Goldberg and S.N. Kimina . . . . . . . . .

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ABSTRACTS Effect of Sodium Fluoride on Calcium Absorption and

Balances in Man - H. Spencer, I. Lewin, J. Fowler and J. Samachson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

in Rosacea - 1 . Sneddon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Adverse Effect of Topical Fluorinated Corticosteroids

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR FLUORIDE RESEARCH

at

Vienna, Austria

March 22 to 25, 1970

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