ENE INDERMITTE Exposure to Fluorides in Drinking Water
DISSERTATIONES GEOGRAPHICAE UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS 41 DISSERTATIONES GEOGRAPHICAE UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS 41 ENE INDERMITTE Exposure to fluorides in drinking water and dental fluorosis risk among the population of Estonia Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia This dissertation was accepted for the commencement of the degree of Doctor philosophiae in geography at the University of Tartu on June 7, 2010 by the Scientific Council of the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences of the University of Tartu Supervisors: Professor emeritus Astrid Saava, MD, dr.med. Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Estonia Senior researcher Ain Kull, PhD Department of Geography, University of Tartu, Estonia Opponent: Ilkka Arnala, MD, PhD Head of Department of Orthopaedics Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Finland Commencement: Scientific Council Hall, University of Tartu Main Building, 18 Ülikooli Street, Tartu, on 30 August 2010 at 2.15 p.m. Publication of this thesis has been funded by the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences of the University of Tartu and by the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences and Ecology created under the auspices of the European Social Fund. ISSN 1406–1295 ISBN 978–9949–19–424–7 (trükis) ISBN 978–9949–19–425–4 (PDF) Autoriõigus: Ene Indermitte, 2010 Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus www.tyk.ee Tellimus nr. 358 CONTENTS LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS ...................................................... 7 Interactions between the papers ....................................................................
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