Multilevel survival analysis of amalgam restorations amongst RAF personnel

Community Dental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-11

  Gilthorpe, Mark S ^a   Mayhew, Martin T ^b   Bulman, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RAF Halton   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental public health; Hierarchical linear models; Multilevel modelling; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036515702     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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