Nature Medicine
3, 956 (1997)
doi:10.1038/nm0997-956
Plumbing the depths of dental decayMartin E.J. Curzon
& K. Jack ToumbaUniversity of Leeds School of Dentistry, Leeds LS2 9LU, UK The finding that maternal lead ingestion increases the prevalence of caries in rat pups may explain the greater incidence of tooth decay among inner city children (pages 1024−1025).
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