Relation between dental fluorosis and intelligence quotient in school children of Bagalkot district

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-120

  Shivaprakash, P K ^a   Ohri, Kushagra ^a   Noorani, Hina ^a  

^a PMNM Dental College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; groundwater fluoride; intelligence quotient

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 80052880070     PISSN: 09704388     EISSN: 19983905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.84683     Document Type: Article

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