Comparison of four composite deprivation indices and two census variables in predicting dental caries in 12-year-old children in Wales

Community Dental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-93

  Morgan, Maria Z ^a   Treasure, Elizabeth T ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Deprivation indices; DMFT; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RURAL HEALTH; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH; WALES;

EID: 0035374767     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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