Oral health and dental care in modern-day China

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 319-328

  Lin, H C ^a,b   Schwarz, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Intl Assoc for Dental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Behavior; China; Dental caries; Dental personnel; Health care administration; Health surveys; Periodontal diseases; Research design

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTURE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MOUTH DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CHINA; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035490867     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2001.290501.x     Document Type: Article

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