Dental caries trends in 5- to 6-year-old and 11- to 13-year-old children in three UNICEF designated regions - Sub Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and Caribbean: 1970-2004

International Dental Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 294-300

  Cleaton Jones, Peter ^a,b   Fatti, Paul ^a   Bönecker, Marcelo ^a  

^a University of the Witwatersrand ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Caries; Epidemiology; Latin America; Middle East and North Africa; Prevalence; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750170960     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2006.tb00104.x     Document Type: Review

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