Dental caries experience of preschool children from different ethnic groups in Guangxi Province in China

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-31

  Zeng, Xiaojuan ^a   Luo, Yan ^b   Du, Minquan ^c   Bedi, Raman ^d  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental behavior; Dental caries; Ethnic groups; Oral hygiene practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUGAR INTAKE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 20144362639     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10074     Document Type: Article

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