Prevalence of dental erosion in adolescent competitive swimmers exposed to gas-chlorinated swimming pool water

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 579-583

  Buczkowska Radlinska J ^a   Lagocka R ^a   Kaczmarek, W ^a   Gorski M ^a   Nowicka, A ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Competitive swimmers; Dental erosion; Erosion risk factors; Water saturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874360787     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-012-0720-6     Document Type: Article

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