Dental caries experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Northern Peninsula Area, Queensland

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-304

  Hopcraft, Matthew ^a   Chow, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Royal Australian Army Dental Corps ^*

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Caries; Dmft; DMFT

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DENTITION, PRIMARY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 38349097264     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2007.tb00506.x     Document Type: Article

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