Oral health inequalities between young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children living in Ontario, Canada

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 495-508

  Lawrence, Herenia P ^a   Binguis, Darlene ^b   Douglas, Jan ^b   McKeown, Lynda ^c,d   Switzer, Bonita ^b   Figueiredo, Rafael ^a   Reade, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c Trades and Aviation   (Canada)

^d Dr SM Bloom's Dental Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Children; Early childhood caries; Oral health disparities; Trends

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX;

EID: 73149103200     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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