Oral health status of Canadian-born and immigrant adolescents in North York, Ontario

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Locker, D ^a   Clarke, M ^a   Murray, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental public health services; Immigrants; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEPOSITS; DMF INDEX; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032084997     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01947.x     Document Type: Article

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