ArticleJAMA pediatrics2025
Caution Needed in Interpreting the Evidence Base on Fluoride and IQ.
Article in JAMA pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The association of fluoride exposure with bone density and fracture risk: a dose-response meta-analysis.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Pooled it
- Municipal water fluoridation, adolescent IQ, and cognition across the life course: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Assessing Fluoride Concentrations in Iowa's Groundwater and Drinking Water: Implications for Public Health and Water Management.Environmental science. Advances · 2026Article
- Exaggerating the risks of vaccination is a dangerous health threat.BioImpacts : BI · 2026Article
- Projected Outcomes of Removing Fluoride From US Public Water Systems.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- Fluoride Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors: Adults in Rural Alabama.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Authors and funding
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Funding
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Abstract
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Identifiers
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Registered trials
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