Fluoride ingestion from toothpaste: Background to European Union-funded multicentre project

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 5-8

  O'Mullane, Denis M ^a   Cochran, Judith A ^a   Whelton, Helen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Fluorosis; Ingestion; Measurement; Opacities; Toothpaste

Indexed keywords

CARIOGENIC AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENAMEL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH DISEASE;

CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL ENAMEL; EUROPEAN UNION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 2142716779     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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