Consumption of nonpublic water: Implications for children's caries experience

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-296

  Armfield, Jason M ^a   Spencer, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caries; Children; Fluoridation; Socioeconomic status; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DRINKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; DRINKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER;

EID: 4344645994     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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