Dental fluorosis in 12-15-year-old rural children exposed to fluorides from well drinking water in the Hail region of Saudi Arabia

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 324-327

  Akpata, E S ^a   Fakiha, Z ^a   Khan, N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Children; Dental fluorosis; Well water

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; SAMPLE SIZE; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031205269     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00947.x     Document Type: Article

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