Sociodemographic Distribution of Pediatric Dental Caries: NHANES III, 1988-1994

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1229-1238

  Vargas, Clemencia M ^a   Crall, James J ^b   Schneider, Donald A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NEGRO; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032163401     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0420     Document Type: Article

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