Prevalence and trends in enamel fluorosis in the United States from the 1930s to the 1980s

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-165

  Beltrán Aguilar, Eugenio D ^a   Griffin, Susan O ^a   Lockwood, Stuart A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036481718     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2002.0139     Document Type: Article

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