Open AccessErratum: Prevalence and associated factors of burnout among family medicine residents in Al Madina, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Kunal Kanti Majumdar,
Shunmuga N Sundarraj
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.109953
Subject(s) - skeletal fluorosis , medicine , fluoride , dental fluorosis , environmental health , dentistry , population , inorganic chemistry , chemistry
Excessive fluoride in drinking water causes dental, skeletal and non-skeletal fluorosis which is encountered in endemic proportions in several parts of the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) guideline value and the permissible limit of fluoride as per the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is 1.5 mg/L. Studies showed that withdrawal of sources identified for fluoride, often leads to reduction of fluoride in the body fluids (re-testing urine and serum after a week or ten days) and results in the disappearance of non-skeletal fluorosis within a short duration of 10-15 days.