Nutritional status and dental caries in a large sample of 4- and 5-year-old South African children

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 631-635

  Cleaton Jones, Peter ^a   Richardson, Barbara D ^a   Granath, Lars ^c   Fatti, L Paul ^d   Sinwell, Ruth ^a   Walker, Alexander R ^e   Mogotsi, Mirriam ^a,b  

^a WITS   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0034043305     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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