Dental fluorosis in children in areas with fluoride-polluted air, high-fluoride water, and low-fluoride water as well as low-fluoride air: A study of deciduous and permanent teeth in the Shaanxi province, China

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-71

  Ruan, Jian Ping ^a,b   Bårdsen, Asgeir ^a   Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a   Huang, Rui Zhe ^b   Wang, Zhi Lun ^b   Bjorvatn, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Coal; Dental fluorosis; Fluoride; Primary teeth

Indexed keywords

COAL; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEA; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHINA; COAL; DENTITION, PERMANENT; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TEA; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34247350782     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350600931217     Document Type: Article

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