Severe dental fluorosis in a Tanzanian population consuming water with negligible fluoride concentration

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 382-393

  Yoder, Karen M ^a,e   Mabelya, Lameck ^b   Robison, Valerie A ^c   Dunipace, Ann J ^a   Brizendine, Edward J ^d   Stookey, George K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Neff Hall 150 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base balance; Altitude; Dental caries; Fluorosis; Food additives; Hypobaric hypoxia; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORIDE; MAGADI SODA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TANZANIA; TOOTH DISEASE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICARBONATES; CARBONATES; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0032240424     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01976.x     Document Type: Article

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