Dietary fluoride intake in man
Osis, D.; Kramer, L.; Wiatrowski, E.; Spencer, H.
Journal of Nutrition 104(10): 1313-1318
1974
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3166 PMID: 4412807 Document Number: 75688
F was estimated in constant metabolic diets, individual items of diet and general hospital diets in the Chicago area. During 6 years mean F content of the constant metabolic diet, exclusive of the fluoridated drinking water, was from 1.6 to 1.9 mg/day. F in the general hospital diet was similar to that in the metabolic diet. F intake was equally distributed in the 3 daily meals in both diets. When drinking water was temporarily not fluoridated in the Chicago area, the hospital diet contained about half as much F as during fluoridation; the mean values were 0.86 and 1.96 mg/day, respectively.