Significant caries index values and related factors in 5-6-year-old children in Istanbul, Turkey

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Namal, N ^a   Yuceokur A A ^a   Can, G ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SIGNIFICANT CARIES INDEX; SOCIAL STATUS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 67649879012     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.1.178     Document Type: Article

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