Effectiveness of the school dental screening programme in stimulating dental attendance for children in need of treatment in Northern Ireland

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-149

  Donaldson, Michael ^a   Kinirons, Martin ^a  

^a School of Clinical Dentistry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental attendance; Dental caries; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0035318513     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2001.290209.x     Document Type: Article

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