Dental caries and fluorosis among children in a rural Georgia area

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-85

  Adair, Steven M ^a   Hanes, Carole McKnight ^a   Russell, Carl M ^b   Whitford, Gary M ^c  

^a Department of Pediatric Dentistry ^*

^b Office of Biostatistics   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GEORGIA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033093692     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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