Oral health practices and dental caries among Libyan pupils, Benghazi (1993-94)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 997-1004

  Al Sharbati, M M ^a   Meidan, T M ^b   Sudani, O ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TOOTH BRUSHING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0034261482     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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