Is income inequality related to childhood dental caries in rich countries?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-149

  Bernabé, Eduardo ^a,b   Hobdell, Martin H ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Decayed; Dental public health; Filled teeth; Income; Income inequality; Missing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949308842     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2010.0131     Document Type: Article

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