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SUBMITTER: Wei W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6433665 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wei Wei W Pang Shujuan S Sun Dianjun D
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 20190219 4
Fluorine is one of the trace elements necessary for health. It has many physiological functions, and participates in normal metabolism. However, fluorine has paradoxical effects on the body. Many studies have shown that tissues and organs of humans and animals appear to suffer different degrees of damage after long-term direct or indirect exposure to more fluoride than required to meet the physiological demand. Although the aetiology of endemic fluorosis is clear, its specific pathogenesis is in ...[more]