Determinants of early childhood caries in a group of inner-city children

Quintessence International

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 527-536

  Martens, Luc ^a,b   Vanobbergen, Jacques ^a   Willems, Sara ^a   Aps, Johan ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Special Care ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early childhood caries; Epidemiology; Inner city

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BOTTLE FEEDING; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BELGIUM; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DIET, CARIOGENIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 33745401951     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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