Caries experience of 35-year-old Oslo residents and changes over a 20-year period

Community Dental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 238-244

  Berset, Gry Prytz ^a   Eriksen, Harald M ^a   Bjertness, Espen ^b   Hansen, Bjørn Frode ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Medical Faculty   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adults dental caries; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; BIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030340966     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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