Factors associated with caregivers' perception of children's health and oral health status: A study of 6- to 36-month-olds in Uganda

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-262

  Wandera, Margaret ^a,b   Kayondo, Josephine ^a,b   Engebretsen, Ingunn Maries ^a   Okullo, Isaac ^b   ÅstrØm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MOUTH DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 67249147736     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2009.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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