Statistical issues for combining multiple caries diagnostics for demonstrating caries efficacy

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 83, Issue SPEC. ISS. C, 2004, Pages

  Katz, B P ^a   Huntington, E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries diagnostics; Clinical trials; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DMF INDEX; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSILLUMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143056177     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910408301S22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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