Influence of oral health attitude of mothers on the gingival health of their school age children

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 68, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 379-383

  Okada, Mitsugi ^a   Kawamura, Akoto ^a   Miura, Kazuo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MOTHER; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PERIODONTAL INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035469615     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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