Inequalities in children's caries experience: The nature and size of the UK problem

Community Dental Health

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 296-300

  Pitts, Nigel B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Dental School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries prevalence; Dental caries; Deprivation; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DMF INDEX; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2742614028     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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