Oral health behaviour of schoolchildren and parents in Jordan

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 168-176

  Rajab, L D ^a   Petersen, P E ^b,c,d   Bakaeen, G ^a   Hamdan, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PARENTS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTHBRUSHING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036559244     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-263X.2002.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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