Trends in dental caries in 1- to 4-year-old children in a Brazilian city between 1997 and 2008

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Bönecker, Marcelo ^a   Machado Ardenghi, Thiago ^b   Butini Oliveira, Luciana ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^c   Marcenes, Wagner ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77649316660     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2009.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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