The effect of socio-economic status and ethnicity on the comparative oral health of Asian and White Caucasian 12-year-old children

Community Dental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-169

  Dugmore, C R ^a,c   Rock, W R ^b  

^a Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Pasley Road Dental Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental epidemiology; Deprivation; Ethnicity; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH EROSION;

EID: 24744469850     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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