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The study is to determine the prevalence of rickets among children under five years and links with flouride contents in drinking water. Food sources and recommended adequate daily intake for vitamin D. Naivasha hospital Rift Valley Province, confounding correlations between the disease rickets in relation to flouride contents of water supplies and food. Case study design was used by comparing d...

OBJECTIVES To compare glucose values obtained using sodium flouride (NaF) tubes and serum separation tubes (SST) in a tertiary care hospital laboratory setting. METHODS This study was conducted at the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Royal Hospital, Oman. During the study period (1 September-30 November 2013), 50 pairs (one NaF tube and one SST) of patient's blood specimens were randomly col...

Fluoride release from six light-activated restorative materials, including two resinmodified glass-ionomers, two composites, and two compomers, was evaluated and compared with one conventional acid-based glass-ionomer cement. The amount and rate of release varied among the tested materials. Both resin-modified glass-ionomers and the conventional acid-base glass-ionomer cements released more flu...