Demand for orthodontic treatment among 9-18 year-olds seeking dental care in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-9

  Mugonzibwa, E A ^a   Kuijpers Jagtman, A M ^b   Van't Hof, M A ^b   Kikwilu, E N ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTICS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TANZANIA;

EID: 3042744276     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i1.8787     Document Type: Article

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