Relationship between mothers' sense of coherence and oral health status of preschool children

Caries Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-109

  Bonanato, K ^a   Paiva, S M ^a   Pordeus, I A ^a   Ramos Jorge, M L ^a,b   Barbabela, D ^a   Allison, P J ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DOS VALES DO JEQUITINHONHA E MUCURI   (Brazil)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oral health; Preschool children; Sense of coherence; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH PLAQUE; TOOTH ROOT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PULP EXPOSURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; ORAL HEALTH; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTH ROOT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 62849107348     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209342     Document Type: Article

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