Illness and use of medicines in relation to caries development and to immigrant status in infants and toddlers living in Sweden a prospective, longitudinal study

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 151-159

  Wendt, Lill Kari ^a   Jonsell, Ragnar ^b  

^a Department of Preventive Dental Care ^*  (Sweden)

^b Child Health Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Illness; Immigrants; Physician visits; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG VEHICLE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VEHICLES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MORBIDITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SUCROSE; SWEDEN; VEHICLES;

EID: 0030338007     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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