Relationships between caregivers' responses to oral health screening questions and early childhood caries

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 290-293

  Roberts, Christopher R ^a   Warren, John J ^b   Weber Gasparoni, Karin ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Early childhood caries; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TOOTH LOSS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749119190     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2009.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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