Use of xylitol chewing gum among Finnish schoolchildren

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 306-309

  Honkala, Sisko ^b   Honkala, Eino ^a   Tynjälä, Jorma ^b   Kannas, Lasse ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chewing gum; Health behavior; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

XYLITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHEWING GUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOOTHBRUSHING; XYLITOL;

EID: 0033288914     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163599428526     Document Type: Article

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