Dental caries experience among school children in St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Report of the first national oral health survey

Community Dental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-49

  Alonge, Olusegun K ^a   Narendran, Sena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caries; Children; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Gender; Saint vincent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033084824     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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