Prevalence of malocclusion among Latino adolescents

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 313-315

  Silva, Rebeka G ^a,b   Kang, David S ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS I; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035290690     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mod.2001.110985     Document Type: Article

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