The need for and prevalence of dental sealants in active duty U.S. military personnel

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-158

  Chisick, Michael C ^a   York, Andrew K ^c   Poindexter, Forrest R ^b  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bolling Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642676051     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.3.155     Document Type: Article

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