Caries prevalence and severity in urban Fijian school children

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-40

  Jamieson, L M ^a,c   Thomson, W M ^a   Mcgee, R ^b  

^a Department of Oral Sciences ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FIJI; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHBRUSHING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0842264292     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2004.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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