Oral health inequalities among indigenous and nonindigenous children in the Northern Territory of Australia

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-276

  Jamieson, Lisa M ^a   Armfield, Jason M ^a   Roberts Thomson, Kaye F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Indigenous; Oral health; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33745684191     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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