Exposure to fluoridated drinking water and dental caries experience in Australian army recruits, 1996

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-74

  Hopcraft, Matthew Scott ^a   Morgan, Michael Vivian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Caries; DMFS; Epidemiology; Fluoridation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; CARIES PREVENTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0037518451     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2003.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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