What do children's global ratings of oral health and well-being measure?

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-211

  Jokovic, Aleksandra ^a   Locker, David ^a   Guyatt, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Global ratings; Oral health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 23844550666     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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