The decline in dental caries among Belgian children between 1983 and 1998

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-61

  Carvalho, Joana C ^a,b   Van Nieuwenhuysen, Jean Pierre ^a   D'Hoore, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Dental health care; Epidemiology; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BELGIUM; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0035258844     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2001.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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