Acute Fluoride Poisoning from a Public Water System
Open Access
- 13 January 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 330 (2) , 95-99
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199401133300203
Abstract
Acute fluoride poisoning produces a clinical syndrome characterized by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and paresthesias. In May 1992, excess fluoride in one of two public water systems serving a village in Alaska caused an outbreak of acute fluoride poisoning.Keywords
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