Caries in preschool children in Amman, Jordan and the relationship to socio-demographic factors

International Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-93

  Sayegh, A ^a   Dini, E L ^b   Holt, R D ^b   Bedi, R ^b  

^a NONE   (Japan)

^b London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Mother's education; Preschool children; Social class

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSERY SCHOOL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0036551572     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2002.tb00606.x     Document Type: Article

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