Dental Caries in Pre-School Children: Associations with Social Class, Toothbrushing Habit and Consumption of Sugars and Sugar-Containing Foods: Further Analysis of Data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey of Children Aged 1.5-4.5 Years

Caries Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-113

  Gibson, Sigrid ^a,c   Williams, S ^b  

^a Nutrition Consultant Guildford   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Primary dentition; Social class; Sugars; Toothbrushing

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DIET RECORDS; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DIETARY SUCROSE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0032615927     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016503     Document Type: Article

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