Caries preventive services for children and adolescents in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden: Strategies and resource allocation

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-271

  Wang, Nina J ^a   Källestål, Carina ^b   Petersen, Poul Erik ^c   Arnadottir, Inga B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

High risk strategy; Personnel; Population strategy; Preventive dentistry; Public dental care systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; TIME MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTISTS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032135491     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01960.x     Document Type: Article

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