Dental fluorosis and the use of a high fluoride-containing trona tenderizer (magadi)

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 170-176

  Mabelya, L ^a   Van Palenstein Helderman, W H ^b,c   Van't Hof, M A ^b   Konig K G ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WHO Collaborating Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; F containing tenderizer; F trona; Fluoride; Magadi

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORIDE; FOOD ADDITIVE; MAGADI SODA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COOKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TOOTH DISEASE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; BICARBONATES; CARBONATES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COOKERY; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031111948     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00917.x     Document Type: Article

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