Prevalence of fluorosis in an endemic village in central India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-219

  Pandey, Aparna ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS; BONE DISEASES; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FLUORINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TOOTH DISEASE; VARUS KNEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDE POISONING; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957355950     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.100032     Document Type: Article

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