How useful are cross-sectional data from surveys of dental caries?

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-41

  Burt, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Dental caries; Epidemiology; Surveys

Indexed keywords

COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031063235     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00897.x     Document Type: Review

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