"Calcium Fluoride" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Calcium fluoride. Occurring in nature as the mineral fluorite or fluorspar. It is the primary source of fluorine and its compounds. Pure calcium fluoride is used as a catalyst in dehydration and dehydrogenation and is used to fluoridate drinking water. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
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D002124
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.146.325 D01.303.350.300.150
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| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calcium Fluoride" by people in Profiles.
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Ocular surface and respiratory tract damages from occupational, sub-chronic exposure to fluorspar: case report and other considerations. Int Ophthalmol. 2019 May; 39(5):1175-1178.