The prevalence of molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) in a group of children in a highly polluted urban region and a windfarm-green energy island

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-185

  Kuscu, Ozgur Onder ^a   Çaglar, Esber ^a   Aslan, Seda ^b   Durmusoglu, Ertan ^b   Karademir, Aykan ^b   Sandalli, Nuket ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCISOR; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BENZOFURANS; CHILD; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INCISOR; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MOLAR; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 64549163219     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2008.00945.x     Document Type: Article

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