Psychosocial factors and early childhood caries among low-income African-American children in Detroit

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 439-448

  Finlayson, Tracy L ^a   Siefert, Kristine ^b   Ismail, Amid I ^b   Sohn, Woosung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Early Childhood Caries (ECC); International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS); Parenting stress; Preschool aged children; Psychological factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICHIGAN; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36549039641     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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