Dental caries in African preschool children: Social factors as disease markers

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-11

  Khan, Mehroon N ^a   Cleaton Jones, Peter E ^a  

^a WITS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Dental caries; Disease markers; Epidemiology; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032342447     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1998.tb02984.x     Document Type: Article

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