Dental caries risk studies revisited: Causal approaches needed for future inquiries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2992-3009

  Aleksejuniene, Jolanta ^a   Holst, Dorthe ^b   Brukiene, Vilma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Caries risk; Causal studies; Explanation; Multi risk; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTAL RESEARCH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATH ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 74549169895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6122992     Document Type: Review

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