Child fluorosis in Chhattisgarh, India: A community-based survey

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 903-905

  Vilasrao, Gitte Sunil ^a   Kamble, K M ^a   Sabat, Ramanath N ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorosis; Genu Varum; Kyphosis; Skeletal deformities

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; CHEMISTRY; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84921345095     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-014-0525-6     Document Type: Article

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