Caries prevalence in 12-year-old schoolchildren in Senegal in 1989 and 1994

International Dental Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-75

  Sembene, Malick ^a,b   Kane, Abdoul W ^a   Bourgeois, Denis ^a  

^a University of Dakar ^*

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SENEGAL; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SENEGAL; TOOTH LOSS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033107681     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.1999.tb00511.x     Document Type: Article

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