Individual and maternal determinants of self-reported dental health among Turkish school children aged 10-12 years

Community Dental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-88

  Cinar, Ayse Basak ^a   Kosku, N ^b   Sandalli, N ^b   Murtomaa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Dental health; Mothers; Oral health behaviour; Self reporting; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH BRUSHING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TURKEY;

EID: 46649088377     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2154Cinar05     Document Type: Article

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