Lifetime fluoridation exposure and dental caries experience in a military population

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 485-492

  Mahoney, Gregory ^a,b   Slade, Gary D ^c   Kitchener, Scott ^b   Barnett, Adrian ^b  

^a University of QLD ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dental caries; Epidemiology; Fluoridation; Military personnel

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949127674     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2008.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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