Caries prevalence and treatment needs of 12-year-old children in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-28

  Momeni, Anahita ^a   Mardi, Medya ^a   Pieper, Klaus ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caries prevalence; Dental caries; Epidemiology; Iran; Socio economic status; Twelve year old children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TOOTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 29044434764     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089381     Document Type: Article

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