Prevalence and factors associated with dental pain that prevents the performance of routine tasks by civil servants in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Prevalência e fatores associados à ocorrência da dor de dente que impediu a realização de tarefas habituais em uma população de funcionários públicos no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1073-1078

  Alexandre, Gisele Caldas ^a   Nadanovsky, Paulo ^a   Lopes, Claudia S ^a   Faerstein, Eduardo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mental Disorders; Office Visits; Oral Health; Toothache

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646570866     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2006000500020     Document Type: Article

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