USDA National Fluoride Database of Selected Beverages and Foods - Release 2 (2005)

Assessment of fluoride intake is paramount in understanding the mechanisms of fluoride metabolism, specifically the prevention of dental caries, dental fluorosis, and skeletal fluorosis. A database for fluoride is needed for epidemiologists and health researchers to estimate the intakes, and to investigate the relationships between intakes and human health. Resources in this dataset: Resource Title: READ ME - USDA National Fluoride Database of Selected Beverages and Foods, Release 2. File Name: F02.pdf Resource Description: Describes methods and procedures, data generation and evaluation, formats of tables, data dissemination, references cited in the documentation and database, and other miscellaneous information about this database. Resource Title: Fluoride Database of Selected Beverages and Foods (Release 2). File Name: F02.xls Resource Description: This file contains the Fluoride Database imported into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. You need Excel 2000 or later to use this file.