Research issues in early childhood caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 67-81

  Horowitz, Herschel S ^a,b  

^a Dental Research and Public Health   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries research; Early childhood caries; Enamel hypoplasia; Mutans streptococci; Primary teeth

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT;

BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIGRATION; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BIRTH INJURIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESEARCH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0031615856     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb02096.x     Document Type: Article

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