Impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake

The objectives of this study were to assess the intake of fluoride among 4-5 years old children from drinking water (FH20) and whether current practises of use of water filters and consumption of bottled water have any impact on fluoride intake. A questionnaire survey was conducted to elicit details...

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Main Authors: Tan, B.S, Razak, I.A
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
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spelling ukm-57142016-12-14T06:39:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5714/ Impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake Tan, B.S Razak, I.A The objectives of this study were to assess the intake of fluoride among 4-5 years old children from drinking water (FH20) and whether current practises of use of water filters and consumption of bottled water have any impact on fluoride intake. A questionnaire survey was conducted to elicit details of drinking water in 350 children aged 4-5 years old. The intake of fluoride from drinking water over a period of two days was biochemically determined in a subsample of 200 subjects. The majority of children (97.0%) had access to tap water, 23.1% to filtered tap water and 11.3% reported use of bottled water. The use of filters was found to be associated with ethnicity and socio-economic status (p<0.00). The mean fluoride concentration of unfiltered and filtered tap water were 0.541 ± 0.167 and 0.534±0.192 ppm, respectively. The mean volume of water consumed was 1348.76±482.70 mL/day while the mean FH2O was 726.7 ± 357.5 ug/day. The use of filters and consumption of bottled water were sparse with no significant impact on FH2O over a two-day study period. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5714/1/19%2520B.S.%2520Tan.pdf Tan, B.S and Razak, I.A (2013) Impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake. Sains Malaysiana, 42 (1). pp. 115-121. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description The objectives of this study were to assess the intake of fluoride among 4-5 years old children from drinking water (FH20) and whether current practises of use of water filters and consumption of bottled water have any impact on fluoride intake. A questionnaire survey was conducted to elicit details of drinking water in 350 children aged 4-5 years old. The intake of fluoride from drinking water over a period of two days was biochemically determined in a subsample of 200 subjects. The majority of children (97.0%) had access to tap water, 23.1% to filtered tap water and 11.3% reported use of bottled water. The use of filters was found to be associated with ethnicity and socio-economic status (p<0.00). The mean fluoride concentration of unfiltered and filtered tap water were 0.541 ± 0.167 and 0.534±0.192 ppm, respectively. The mean volume of water consumed was 1348.76±482.70 mL/day while the mean FH2O was 726.7 ± 357.5 ug/day. The use of filters and consumption of bottled water were sparse with no significant impact on FH2O over a two-day study period.
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author Tan, B.S
Razak, I.A
spellingShingle Tan, B.S
Razak, I.A
Impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake
author_facet Tan, B.S
Razak, I.A
author_sort Tan, B.S
title Impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake
title_short Impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake
title_full Impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake
title_fullStr Impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake
title_full_unstemmed Impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake
title_sort impact of water filters and consumption of bottled water on fluoride intake
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5714/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5714/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5714/1/19%2520B.S.%2520Tan.pdf
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