The independent impact of household- and neighborhood-based social determinants on early childhood caries: A cross-sectional study of inner-city children

Family and Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 168-175

  Willems, Sara ^a   Vanobbergen, Jacques ^a   Martens, Luc ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Poverty areas (MeSH); Residence characteristics; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTHER; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 17144430934     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200504000-00008     Document Type: Article

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