Prevalence of molar incisor hypomineralisation in six to eight year-olds in two rural divisions in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 514-519

  Kemoli, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67649173132     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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