Childhood growth and dental caries

Community Dental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-42

  Malek Mohammadi, T ^a   Wright, C M ^b   Kay, E J ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Yorkhill Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Dental caries; Growth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 68549135440     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2225Mohammadi05     Document Type: Article

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