Risk indicators of dental caries in 5-year-old Brazilian children

Community Dental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Cortellazzi, K L ^a   Marcia Pereira S ^a   Da Silva Tagliaferro, E P ^a   Tengan, C ^a   Ambrosano, G M B ^a   De Castro Meneghim, M ^a   Pereira, Antonio Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Preschool; Risk indicator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 57749114442     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2196Pereira04     Document Type: Article

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