Effect of high fluoride water on intelligence of school children in India

Fluoride

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 178-183

  Trivedi, M H ^a   Verma, R J ^a   Chinoy, N J ^a   Patel, R S ^a   Sathawara, N G ^b  

^a GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoride in drinking water; India school children; Intelligence quotient; Urinary fluoride

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 35349005848     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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