Assessment of skeletal and non-skeletal fluorosis in endemic fluoridated areas of Vidharbha Region, India: A survey

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-301

  Rawlani, Sudhir ^a   Rawlani, Shobha ^b   Rawlani, Shivlal ^c  

^a Mahatma Gandhi Institute Medical Sciences Sewagram ^*

^b MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical; hematology; morphological; radiology; skeletal fluorosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955311697     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.66868     Document Type: Article

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