Perception of dental fluorosis amongst Ethiopian children and their mothers

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-86

  Wondwossen, Fantaye ^b   Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a   Bårdsen, Asgeir ^b   Bjorvatn, Kjell ^b  

^a Centre for International Health   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Endemic fluorosis; Mothers; Rift valley; Self reporting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHIOPIA; FATHER; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; INCISOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; TOOTH COLOR; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COLOR; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 0037988786     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350310001415     Document Type: Article

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