Caries prevalence and patterns and their relationship to social class, infant feeding and oral hygiene in 4-5-year-old children in Amman, Jordan

Community Dental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 144-151

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Dental caries patterns; Infant feeding; Oral hygiene; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; JORDAN; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; JORDAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACIFIERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0036728202     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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