Fluoride supplements and fluorosis: A meta-analysis

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-56

  Ismail, Amid I ^a   Bandekar, Rajesh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoride supplements; Fluorosis; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH DISEASE;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033070246     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1999.tb01991.x     Document Type: Article

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