The prevalence of nursing caries in one-to-four-year-old children in Jordan

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-58

  Hattab, Faiez N ^a   Al Omari, Mohammed A O ^a   Angmar Månsson, Birgit ^b   Daoud, Nabila ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

BOTTLE FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUCROSE;

EID: 0032617193     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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