A longitudinal study of occlusal caries among schoolchildren in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-51

  Rugarabamu, Paschalis Gerald Ntome ^a,b   Poulsen, Sven ^b   Masalu, Joyce Rose Paul ^c  

^a HUBERT KAIRUKI MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Molar; Pathology; Progression; Radiology; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DISEASE COURSE; ENAMEL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DMF INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0036484873     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.300107.x     Document Type: Article

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