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This method takes into account all sources of fluoride. Samples

for analysis would need to be obtained from several hundred

subjects and advice would be needed on the structure of the

sample with respect to such things as age, residential and

working locations, time resident in the ACT and similar

variables.

In Australia, the most recent urinalysis study along similar

lines was undertaken by Dooland and Carr in Adelaide although,

since the sampling involved pre-school children, they did not use

a 24 hour sample but employed a more complex estimation involving

creatinine fluoride relaionship. This study was reported in the

Australia Dental Journal.

In the event that a study along the lines suggested by the

Australian Dental Association was warranted, the ACT Government

Analyst would be equipped both in expertise and facilities but

not resources to carry out the tests involved.

Australian Dental Journal

December 1985. Volume 30, No 6

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