Fluorosis in relation to fluoride levels in water in central Nigeria

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-30

  El Nadeef, May Ahmed Ismail ^a,b,d   Honkala, Eino ^b,c  

^a Intercountry Centre for Oral Health (ICOH) for Africa   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Institute of Dentistry   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caries prevalence; Dental fluorosis; Nigeria; Water fluoride

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031990726     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01920.x     Document Type: Article

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