The RCI revisited after 15 years: Used, reinvented, modified, debated, and natural logged

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-34

  Katz, Ralph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic measurements; Epidemiologic methods; Root caries

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARIES; FORECASTING; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FORECASTING; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROOT CARIES; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0030510031     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02391.x     Document Type: Article

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