Prevalence of teeth with untreated dental trauma among nursery and primary school pupils in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 109-113

  Kahabuka, Febronia Kokulengya ^a,c   Plasschaert, Alphons ^b   Van 'T Hof, Martin ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Faculty of Dentistry   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Children; Dental trauma; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH PULP;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PULP; DENTIN; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; TOOTH AVULSION; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH FRACTURES; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 0035377174     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-9657.2001.017003109.x     Document Type: Article

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