Dental health and oral mutans streptococci in 2-4-year-old Estonian children

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-97

  Olak, Jana ^a   Mändar, Reet ^a   Karjalainen, Sara ^b   Soderling E V A ^b   Saag, Mare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL PLAQUE; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 33846692731     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2006.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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