Does social deprivation in 1, 2, 3 and 4-year-old Scottish infants influence the frequency isolation of caries-associated micro-organisms?

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 325-332

  Radford, J R ^a   Ballantyne, H M ^a   Nugent, Z J ^a   Robertson, M ^b   Longbottom, C ^a   Pitts, N B ^a   Beighton, D ^c   Brailsford, S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ashludie Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries associated micro organisms; Infants; Social deprivation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; UNITED KINGDOM; YEAST;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; YEASTS;

EID: 0035407331     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(01)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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