Socio-economic effect on caries. Incidence data among Swedish 12-14-year-olds

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 108-114

  Källestål, Carina ^a   Wall, Stig ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries; Incidence; Socioeconomic level (SEL)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036546410     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.300204.x     Document Type: Article

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