Oral health status of peri-urban schoolchildren in Accra, Ghana

International Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 278-282

  Bruce, Ishmael ^a,b   Addo, Maxwell E ^a   Ndanu, Tom ^a  

^a University of Ghana Dental School ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Children; Ghana; Oral health status; Peri urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GHANA; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; GHANA; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 0036688148     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2002.tb00631.x     Document Type: Article

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