Deprivation and dental caries status of 5-year-old children in Scotland

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 152-159

  Sweeney, Patrick C ^a   Nugent, Zoann ^b   Pitts, Nigel B ^b  

^a Hawkhead Rd   (United Kingdom)

^b Mackenzie Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carstairs score; Dental caries; Dental health; Deprivation; Dmft; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SCOTLAND; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033113917     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1999.tb02005.x     Document Type: Article

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