Caries experience and status in school-age children residing in four north Italian communities

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Campus, Guglielmo ^a   Senna, Andrea ^b   Cagetti, M G ^b   Maida, C ^a   Strohmenger, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caries epidemiology; Children; DMFT index; Italy; SiC index

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20144375255     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10076     Document Type: Article

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