Caries and dental fluorosis in a western Saharan population of refugee children

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 512-517

  Almerich Silla, José Manuel ^a   Montiel Company, José María ^a   Ruiz Miravet, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decayed, missing and filled permanent teeth (DMF) index; Dental caries; Dental fluorosis; Dental health surveys

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGERIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGERIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 56749159051     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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