Fluoride in fish from lakes of great Rift Valley, Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Gikunju, Joseph K
dc.contributor.author	Maitho, Timothy E
dc.contributor.author	Birkeland, Jan M
dc.contributor.author	Lökken, Per
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-07T07:04:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-07T07:04:56Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.citation	Ecology of Food and Nutrition Volume 27, Issue 2, 1992	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03670244.1992.9991230#.VcRXQ7XB3s0
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11295/89640
dc.description.abstract	Fluoride (F) levels in the fillet of 4 species of fish (Tilapia leucostictus, T. zilii, T. nilotica, Micropterus salmoides) ranged from 1.3 to 2.0 mg F/kg wet weight, while the bone levels ranged from 117 to 211 mg F/kg. The F levels of tilapia exposed to 5.2 mg F/l in Lake Baringo were significantly lower than the concentrations of F in tilapia exposed to 2.4 mg F/l in Lake Naivasha. No positive correlation was found between tissue F levels and the size of the fish. The F content of fish fillet does not appear to be a major contributor to the prevalent and severe human dental fluorosis in the Rift Valley area.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi	en_US
dc.title	Fluoride in fish from lakes of great Rift Valley, Kenya	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.type.material	en	en_US