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The fluoride content of Melbourne's treated public water
Author(s) -
Freitas J. F.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1981.tb03994.x
Subject(s) - fluoride , metropolitan area , water fluoridation , dentistry , geography , medicine , archaeology , chemistry , inorganic chemistry
A bstract One hundred and twenty‐one water samples from one hundred different city and suburban outlets in the Melbourne metropolitan area were analysed quantitatively for fluoride concentration. Excluding ten samples, corresponding to a period when the relevant fluoridation equipment was functioning only intermittently, 89 per cent were within the range 0.7 to 1.2 ppm fluoride specified by the Victorian Health Commission, three per cent were greater and eight per cent were below this range.