The oral health of South Asian five-year-old children in deprived areas of Dudley compared with White children of equal deprivation and fluoridation status

Community Dental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-245

  Gray, M ^a   Morris, A J ^b   Davies, J ^c  

^a Dudley Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Dudley Priority Health NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Dental epidemiology; Ethnic group

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNOLOGY; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BANGLADESH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; INDIA; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034571370     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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