Modelling the bilateral symmetry of caries incidence

Caries Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-296

  Burnside, G ^a,b   Pine, C M ^a   Williamson, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries, prediction; Caries, symmetry; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; SCOTLAND;

EID: 47949086361     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000148161     Document Type: Article

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