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Descriptor English: Fluoridation
Descriptor Spanish: Fluoruración
Descriptor fluoruración
Entry term(s) desfluoración
desfluoruración
fluorización
fluoruración de la leche
fluoruración de la sal
Scope note: Práctica de añadir flúor al agua, así como a otros alimentos o bebidas, con el fin de prevenir las CARIES DENTALES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fluoretação
Descriptor French: Enrichissement en fluor
Entry term(s): Fluoridation, Milk
Fluoridation, Salt
Fluoridation, Water
Milk Fluoridation
Salt Fluoridation
Water Fluoridation
Tree number(s): E06.761.382
N06.890.235
SP4.895.141.712.348.234
VS4.001.001.002.002.002
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005457
Scope note: Practice of adding fluoride to water, and other food or beverages, for the purpose of preventing DENTAL CARIES.
Annotation: ‌/‌adv ‌eff permitted but more likely is FLUORIDES ‌/‌adv ‌eff or specific fluoride term /adv eff; coordinate with substance fluoridated
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
DeCS ID: 28447
Unique ID: D005457
NLM Classification: WU 270
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/03/08
Fluoridation - Preferred
Concept UI M0008613
Scope note Practice of adding fluoride to water, and other food or beverages, for the purpose of preventing DENTAL CARIES.
Preferred term Fluoridation
Milk Fluoridation - Narrower
Concept UI M000639564
Preferred term Milk Fluoridation
Entry term(s) Fluoridation, Milk
Water Fluoridation - Narrower
Concept UI M000639562
Preferred term Water Fluoridation
Entry term(s) Fluoridation, Water
Salt Fluoridation - Narrower
Concept UI M000639563
Preferred term Salt Fluoridation
Entry term(s) Fluoridation, Salt



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