The relationship between deprivation, ethnicity and dental health in 5-year-old children in Leeds, UK

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-21

  Prendergast, Michael J ^a,b,c   Beal, John F ^a   Williams, Sonia A ^b  

^a Leeds Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Leeds Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Ethnic groups; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ASIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031087111     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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