Oral health of children in South Australia by socio-demographic characteristics and choice of provider

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-102

  Gaughwin, Anne ^a   Spencer, A John ^a   Brennan, David S ^a   Moss, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Dental provider; DMFS; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033110155     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1999.tb01997.x     Document Type: Article

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