Open AccessNeglected health literacy undermining fluorosis control efforts: A pilot study among schoolchildren in an endemic village of rural Rajasthan, India
Author(s) -
Neeti Rustagi,
Ajey Singh Rathore,
Jitendra Kumar Meena,
Ankita Chugh,
Ranabir Pal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.222017
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , dental fluorosis , fluoride , skeletal fluorosis , public health , endemic disease , cross sectional study , dentistry , disease , nursing , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , pathology
Ingestion of excess fluoride can cause fluorosis which adversely affects teeth and bones. Fluorosis is a major public health problem in the state of Rajasthan with all its 32 districts having variable fluoride contamination, and many initiatives are currently implemented in this region to mitigate the fluorosis burden.