Assessing the effectiveness of a school-based oral health promotion programme in Yichang City, China

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 391-398

  Tai, Bao Jun ^a   Jiang, Han ^a   Du, Min Quan ^a   Peng, Bin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caries prevention; Cluster randomized controlled trial; Oral health promotion; Oral hygiene

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; SCHOOLS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 69949175898     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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