Determining the prevalence and risk factors for early childhood caries in a community dental health clinic

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-396

  Schroth, Robert J ^a,b   Cheba, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MANITOBA INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Community health centers; Dental caries; Early childhood caries; Preschool; Public health dentistry

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY CARE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANITOBA; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 47149107068     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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