Dental fluorosis in 12- and 15-year-olds at high altitudes in above-optimal fluoridated communities in Mexico

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-166

  Pontigo Loyola, América P ^a   Islas Márquez, Arturo ^b   Loyola Rodríguez, Juan P ^c   Maupome, Gerardo ^d   Marquez Corona, M Lourdes ^b   Medina Solis, Carlo E ^b  

^a Central y Pedro Moreno   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dental fluorosis; Epidemiology; High altitude; Mexico

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 48549103657     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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