Analytic approaches to longitudinal caries data in adults

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-51

  Beck, James D ^a,c   Lawrence, Herenia P ^a   Koch, Gary G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Aged; Dental caries; DMF index; Epidemiology; Incidence studies, statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0031063650     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00898.x     Document Type: Article

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