Summary measures of caries prevalence to describe high-risk communities

Community Dental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 246-252

  Morgan, Maria Z ^a   Chestnutt, Ivor G ^a   Treasure, Elizabeth T ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Health inequalities; Index; Public health; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DMF INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 29144525639     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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