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Science 8 September 1972:
Vol. 177. no. 4052, pp. 893 - 894
DOI: 10.1126/science.177.4052.893
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Fertility Impairment in Mice on a Low Fluoride Intake

H. H. Messer 1, W. D. Armstrong 1, and L. Singer 1

1 Biochemistry Department (Health Sciences), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455

Female mice maintained on a low fluoride diet over two generations showed a progressive decline in litter production. Mice receiving the same diet supplemented with fluoride reproduced normally and at consistent intervals. Addition of fluoride to the intake of females with demonstrated impaired fertility restored their reproductive capacity.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Fluorides in Pediatrics.
H. C. HODGE (1974)
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 128, 291-293
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