Prevalence of dental fluorosis in children in Singapore

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-27

  Lo, Geok Lam ^a   Bagramian, Robert A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; TOOTH DISEASE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030072707     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00807.x     Document Type: Article

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