Dental caries in 12-year-old suburban Nigerian school children

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 145-150

  Adekoya Sofowora, C A ^a   Nasir, W O ^a   Oginni, A O ^a   Taiwo, M ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attendance; Behaviour; Caries; Children; Dental; Nigeria; Prevalence; Suburban; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBURBAN AREA; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH FILLING;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34347387139     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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