Association between some educational indicators and dental caries experience of 12-year-old children in developing countries: An ecological approach

Community Dental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-229

  Egri, Mucahit ^a   Gunay, Osman ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dental caries; DMFT 12 index; Education; Oral health; Primary education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DMF INDEX; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 4544331771     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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