Dental caries status and need for dental treatment of Pennsylvania public school children in grades 1, 3, 9, and 11

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 136-144

  Weyant, Robert J ^a   Manz, Michael ^b   Corby, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Dental health surveys; Needs assessment; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FIRST AID; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAMPLE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444356390     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2004.tb02743.x     Document Type: Article

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