Trends in dental caries in Latin American and Caribbean 5-6- and 11-13-year-old children: A systematic review

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-157

  Bönecker, Marcelo ^a   Cleaton Jones, Peter ^a  

^a WITS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Caries; Epidemiology; Latin America; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; META ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LINEAR MODELS; PREVALENCE; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0037630047     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2003.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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