Factors associated with dental admissions for children aged under 5 years in Western Australia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 517-523

  Slack Smith, Linda ^a   Colvin, L ^a   Leonard, H ^b   Kilpatrick, N ^c   Bower, C ^b,d   Messer, L Brearley ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Western Australian Birth Defects Registry   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DISEASE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67649703496     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.145672     Document Type: Article

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