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Crippling fluorosis in Assam - a study from Jadhavpur University in Current Science
An estimated 62 million people in India in 17 out of 32 states are affected with dental, skeletal / or non-skeletal fluorosis
B. Sharma
B. Sing
C R Chanda
D Chakraborti
G. Samanta
H.A. Ahmed
K.J. Mahanta
S.C. Mukherjee
U. K. Chowdhury
Posted on 18 May, 2009 04:57 PM

This document published in Current Science includes a study from Jadhavpur University on the incidence of flourosis in Assam. The first case of endemic fluorosis in humans from India was reported by Short et al. from Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh in 1937. In 1950 only our states in India - Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh were identified with people suffering from fluorosis.

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