Diffuse opacities in 12-year-old Hong Kong children - Four cross-sectional surveys

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-69

  Wong, Hai Ming ^a   McGrath, Colman ^b   King, Nigel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

fluorosis; public health

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCISOR; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

FLUOROSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCISOR; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84892784133     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12064     Document Type: Review

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