Caries experience among children in fluoridated Townsville and unfluoridated Brisbane

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 623-629

  Slade, Gary D ^a   Spencer, A John ^b   Davies, Michael J ^b   Stewart, Judy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0030338679     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01077.x     Document Type: Article

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