Fluorosis risk in grade 2 students residing in a rural area with widely varying natural fluoride

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-136

  Brothwell, Douglas J ^a   Limeback, Hardy ^b  

^a Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health Ontario   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Fluoride supplements; Prevalence of dental fluorosis; TSIF index

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCISOR; MOUTH HYGIENE; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOUTHWASHES; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0033114013     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1999.tb02002.x     Document Type: Article

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