Changing dental caries and periodontal disease patterns among a cohort of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel: 1999-2005

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vered, Yuval ^a   Zini, Avi ^a   Livny, Alon ^a   Mann, Jonathan ^a   Sgan Cohen, Harold D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; TOOTHBRUSH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PERIODONTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 53749099133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-345     Document Type: Article

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