Fluoride exposure from ingested toothpaste in 4-5-year-old Malaysian children

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 317-325

  Tan, Bee Siew ^a   Razak, Ishak Abdul ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

4 5 years; Fluoride exposure; Ingested toothpaste; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE; WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE; WATER;

EID: 26944442427     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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