Caries prevalence in a rural Chilean community after cessation of a powdered milk fluoridation program

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-105

  Mariño, Rodrigo J ^a   Villa, Alberto E ^b   Weitz, Andrea ^b   Guerrero, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Dental caries prevalence; Fluoridation; Fluorides; Milk; Rural communities

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARIES PREVENTION; CHILD HEALTH; CHILE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANK SUM TEST; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE; ANIMAL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; MILK; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 3042535852     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2004.tb02735.x     Document Type: Article

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