School performance indicators as proxy measures of school dental treatment needs: A feasibility study

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-272

  Muirhead, Vanessa E ^a   Locker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caries, dental; Educational measurement; Treatment need

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; READING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; WRITING;

CHILD; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCOME; LANGUAGE; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; READING; SOCIAL CLASS; WRITING;

EID: 33845699654     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2006.tb04080.x     Document Type: Article

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