Caries and its association with infant feeding and oral health-related behaviours in 3-4-year-old Brazilian children

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 241-248

  Dini, Ercilia Leal ^a,b   Holt, Ruth D ^b   Bedi, Raman ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Dental caries; Dietary habits; Epidemiology; Pattern; Prevalence; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEANING;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; ORAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 0034242670     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2000.280401.x     Document Type: Article

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