Inequalities in dental caries of 5-year-old children in Scotland, 19932003

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-342

  Levin, Kate A ^a,e   Davies, Carolyn A ^b   Topping, Gail V A ^c   Assaf, Andrea V ^d   Pitts, Nigel B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c Mackenzie Building   (United Kingdom)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Inequalities; Multilevel modelling; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 66249090129     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp035     Document Type: Article

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