Risk factors associated with dental fluorosis in Central Plateau State, Nigeria

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-148

  Akosu, Tyavyar J ^a   Zoakah, Ayuba I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Central Plateau; Dental fluorosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549103849     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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