Caries experience among schoolchildren in relation to community fluoridation status and town size

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 124-128

  Da Silva Tagliaferro, Elaine Pereira ^a   Cypriano, Silvia ^a   De Sousa, Maria Da Luz Rosário ^a,b   Wada, Ronaldo Seichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Demography; Dental caries; Epidemiology; Fluoridation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLUORIDATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 3843100242     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350410006383     Document Type: Article

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