Ranking countries by dental status using the DMFT and FS-T indices

International Dental Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 373-376

  Namal, Necmi ^a   Vehid, Suphi ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^a  

^a NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dental status; DMFT; FS T; Indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 28944434211     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2005.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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