Oral health in Tunisia

International Dental Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 389-394

  Abid, Abdellatif ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Dental Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Dental fluorosis; Dentofacial anomalies; Periodontal disease; Survey; Tunisia; WHO

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; FLUOROSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORTH AFRICA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TOOTH DISEASE; TUNISIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 10644253499     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2004.tb00016.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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