Dental caries trends in primary teeth among third-grade children in Harris County, Texas

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-133

  Williamson, Dan D ^a   Narendran, Sena ^b   Gray, William G ^c  

^a Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Ethnicity; Gender; Primary teeth; Ses

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXAS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 46749139558     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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