Dental caries experience and its relationship to social and behavioural factors among 3-5-year-old children in Uganda

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 336-346

  Kiwanuka, S N ^a,b   Astrom A N ^a,c   Trovik, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Centre for International Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUGAR INTAKE; SYRUP; TOOTH PLAQUE; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; ORAL HYGIENE; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOOTH LOSS; UGANDA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4544247851     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2004.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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