Caries and associated factors in a group of Swedish children 2-3 years of age

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 137-146

  Bankel, Marie ^a,d   Eriksson, Ulla Carin ^b   Robertson, Agneta ^c   Köhler, Birgitta ^c  

^a Public Dental Service Clinic in Majorna   (Sweden)

^b Public Dental Service Clinic in Partille   (Sweden)

^c School of Dentistry   (Sweden)

^d Folktandvården Majorna ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dietary factors; Early childhood caries; Immigrants; Mutans streptococci; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUGAR INTAKE; SWEDEN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846029539     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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