Dental fluorosis in Chilean children: Evaluation of risk factors

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 310-315

  Villa, Alberto E ^a   Guerrero, Sonia ^a   Icaza, Gloria ^a   Villalobos, Jaime ^a   Anabalón, Mireya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chilean children; Dental fluorosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEA; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TEA; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0032185359     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01966.x     Document Type: Review

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