Children's dental health in Europe: Caries experience of 5- and 12-year-old children from eight EU countries

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-162

  Bolin, A K ^a,b,d   Bolin, A ^a   Koch, G ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE FOR POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION   (Sweden)

^d Folktandvården Skärholmen   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS;

EID: 0030228749     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263x.1996.tb00234.x     Document Type: Article

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