Polychlorinated Biphenyls Cause Developmental Enamel Defects in Children

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 469-473

  Jan, Janja ^a   Vrbic V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Children; Enamel defects; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTIN; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLOVENIA;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTIN; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SLOVENIA; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0034320571     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016625     Document Type: Article

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