Caries experience and sucrose availability: An analysis of the relationship in the United Kingdom over fifty years

Community Dental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-21

  Downer, M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries experience; Children; Fluoride exposure; Sucrose availability; Sucrose consumption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033084845     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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