Prevalence of dental caries in Omani 6-year-old children

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-174

  Al Ismaily, M ^a   Chestnutt, I G ^b,c   Al Khussaiby, A ^a   Stephen, K W ^b   Al Riyami, A ^a   Abbas, M ^a   Knight, M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LANARKSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Dental caries; Developing countries; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OMAN; PREVALENCE; TOOTH ERUPTION;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OMAN; PREVALENCE; TOOTH ERUPTION;

EID: 0031228236     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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