Effect of high fluoride and low protein on tooth matrix development in goats

S ......................................................................................................56-66 HEALTH/BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS Reassessment of the role of aluminum in the development of Alzheimer's disease Strunecká A, Patočka J. ....................................................................................... 56 A Fluoride Vol. 35 No. 1 Pages 1-72 February 2002 2 Some observations on endemic fluorosis in domestic animals in Southern Rajasthan (India) Choubisa SL. ...................................................................................................56-57 Prevalence and distribution pattern of enamel fluorosis in Langtang town, Nigeria Wongdem JG, Aderinokun GA, Sridhar MK, Selkur S.......................................... 57 Has the level of dental fluorosis among Toronto children changed? Leake J, Goettler F, Stahl-Quinlan B, Stewart H. ................................................. 58 A community-based caries control program for pre-school children using topical fluorides: 18-month results Lo EC, Chu CH, Lin HC...................................................................................58-59 Current concept on the anticaries fluoride mechanism of the action Rosin-Grget K, Lincir I. ......................................................................................... 59 Fluoride modifies adhesion of Streptococcus pyogenes Cao J, Doyle RJ.................................................................................................... 60 Effect of tamarind ingestion on fluoride excretion in humans Khandare AL, Rao GS, Lakshmaiah N................................................................. 60 New recommendations concerning the fluoride content of toddler toothpaste consequences for systemic application of fluoride Konig KG. ............................................................................................................. 61 BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS Does sevoflurane inhibit serum cholinesterase in children? Lejus C, Delaroche O, Le Roux C, Legendre E, Rivault O, Floch H, Renaudin M, Pinaud M........................................................................... 62 DIETARY FLUORIDE Bioavailability of fluoride in humans from commonly consumed diets in India Goyal A, Gauba K, Tewari A. ..........................................................................62-63 Total fluoride intake and urinary excretion in German children aged 3-6 years Haftenberger M, Viergutz G, Neumeister V, Hetzer G. ........................................ 63 Fluoride intake by children from water and dentifrice Lima YB, Cury JA. ...........................................................................................63-64 ENVIRONMENTAL FLUORIDE POLLUTION Speciation of aluminum in rainwater using a fluoride ion-selective electrode and ion-exchange chromatography with fluorometric detection of the aluminum-lumogallion complex Hara H, Kobayashi H, Maeda M, Ueno A, Kobayashi Y..................................64-65 Dynamics of aluminum speciation in forest-well drainage waters from the Rhode River watershed, Maryland Bi SP, An SQ, Yang M, Chen T. ........................................................................... 65 A Fluoride Vol. 35 No. 1 Pages 1-72 February 2002 3 Assessing regional variation of environmental fluoride concentrations in western Germany by analysis of antler fluoride content in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) Kierdorf U, Kierdorf H. .....................................................................................65-66 CORRECTION ......................................................................................................... 66 SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS Guidelines for authors – revised February 2002 .............................................67-72 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR FLUORIDE RESEARCH OFFICERS AND BOARD FOR 2002 President: Professor Zygmunt Machoy, Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland Vice President: Professor Koichi Kono, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan Second Vice President: Professor NJ Chinoy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India Secretary: Professor Emeritus Gene W Miller, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA Treasurer: Dr Bruce Spittle, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand Editorial Board: Dr DJ Ballantyne, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada Dr Miklos Bély, National Institute of Rheumatology, Budapest, Hungary Prof AW Burgstahler, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA Prof Shouren Cao, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China Dr M Chikuma, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka, Japan Prof NJ Chinoy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India Dr Edward Czerwinski, Kraków Academy of Medicine, Kraków, Poland Prof Mark Diesendorf, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia Dr Richard G Foulkes, Abbotsford, BC, Canada Prof J Franke, Heinrich Mann Hospital, Bad Liebenstein, Germany Prof G Neil Jenkins, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK Prof Rongdi Ji, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China Prof K Kono, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan Prof Jerzy Krechniak, Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland Dr KAVR Krishnamachari, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India Dr Lennart Krook, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Dr John R Lee, 9620 Bodega Hwy, Sebastopol, CA, USA Prof C James Lovelace, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA, USA Dr Zygmunt Machoy, Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland Dr GW Miller, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA Prof F Murray, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia Dr James C Pushnik, California State University, Chico, CA, USA Dr BP Rajan, Madras Dental College, Madras, India Dr Bruce Spittle, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand Dr Jörg Spitz, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Wiesbaden, Germany Prof Guifan Sun, China Medical University, Shenyang, China Prof AK Susheela, Fluorosis Res & Rural Develop Foundation, New Delhi, India Prof SPS Teotia, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, India Prof H Tsunoda, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan Prof Zan-Dao Wei, Guiyang Medical College, Guizhou, China Dr Sally Wheeler, Hawkesbury Agricultural Res. 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