Indigenous Australian dental health: A brief review of caries experience

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-20

  Martin Iverson, Nicole ^a   Pacza, Tom ^a   Phatouros, Andrea ^a   Tennant, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Caries; Dental health; Review

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOUTH HYGIENE; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034152939     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2000.tb00236.x     Document Type: Review

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