A comparison of the prevalence of fluorosis in 8-year-old children from seven European study sites using a standardized methodology

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 28-33

  Cochran, Judith A ^a   Ketley, Clare E ^b   Árnadóttir, Inga B ^c   Fernandes, Barros ^d   Koletsi Kounari, Haroula ^e   Oila, Anna Maria ^f   Van Loveren, Cor ^g   Whelton, Helen P ^a   O'Mullane, Denis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Comparison; Dental fluorosis; Photographic method; Prevalence; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; FLUORIDATION; GREECE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCISOR; IRELAND; MAXILLA; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENGLAND; FINLAND; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GREECE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCISOR; IRELAND; MAXILLA; NETHERLANDS; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 2142699482     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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