Fluorosis Development in Seven Age Cohorts after an 11-month Break in Water Fluoridation

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-68

  Burt, B A ^a   Keels, M A ^b   Heller, K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

caries; children; epidemiology; fluoridation; fluorosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISOR; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCISOR; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0037214456     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910308200114     Document Type: Article

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