Esthetically objectionable fluorosis attributable to water fluoridation

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 199-209

  Griffin, Susan O ^a   Beltrán, Eugenio D ^a   Lockwood, Stuart A ^a   Barker, Laurie K ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable risk; Fluoridation; Fluorosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MAXILLA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; PREVALENCE; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036617194     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.300306.x     Document Type: Article

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