Impact of diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of dental caries in Norwegian children aged 5, 12 and 18 years

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-94

  Amarante, Eliana ^a   Raadal, Magne ^b   Espelid, Ivar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calibration; Children; Dental caries; Diagnosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NORWAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032037156     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01933.x     Document Type: Article

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