Early childhood caries and risk factors in Jordan

Community Dental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 224-229

  Rajab, Lamis D ^a   Hamdan, Mahmoud A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Children; Early childhood caries; Epidemiology; Jordan; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HYGIENE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036887070     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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