Determinants of self-rated oral health status among school children in northern Tanzania

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 90-100

  Astrom A N ^a,b   Mashoto, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Centre for International Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA; TOOTH DISEASE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0038426694     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-263X.2002.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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