Incidence of skeletal deformities in endemic fluorosis

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 231-233

  Shashi, A ^a   Kumar, M ^a   Bhardwaj, M ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; SKELETON MALFORMATION; VALGUS KNEE; BONE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORIDE POISONING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58149260612     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.070379     Document Type: Article

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