Endemic fluorosis in an isolated village in western Maharashtra, India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 221-223

  Bawaskar, H S ^a   Bawaskar, P H ^a  

^a Bawaskar Hospital and Research Center Raigad   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33750070333     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947506778604805     Document Type: Article

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