Dental visits and professional fluoride applications for children ages 3 to 6 in Iowa

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 565-571

  Levy, Steven M ^a   Broffitt, Barbara ^b   Slayton, Rebecca ^c   Warren, John J ^b   Kanellis, Michael J ^d  

^a Departments of Preventive and Community Dentistry and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry ^*  (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental visits; Health services; Preschool children; Prevention; Topical fluoride

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; INCOME; IOWA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1342327720     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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