The prevalence of early childhood caries in 12- to 36-month-old children in Recife, Brazil

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-324

  Rosenblatt, Aronita ^a   Zarzar, Patricia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Early Childhood Caries

Indexed keywords

CARIOGENIC AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH ERUPTION;

AGE FACTORS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOLAR; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0038322101     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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