The development of a directed population approach to tackle inequalities in dental caries prevalence among secondary school children based on a small area profile

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Sagheri, Darius ^a   Hahn, Petra ^b   Hellwig, Elmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Dental caries; Educational level; Germany; Inequalities; Oral health

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149083958     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3469     Document Type: Article

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