Differences in oral health among Italian adolescents related to the type of secondary school attended

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-330

  Campus, Guglielmo ^a   Cagetti, Maria Grazia ^b   Senna, Andrea ^b   Spano, Giovanni ^a   Benedicenti, Stefano ^c   Sacco, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiology; Oral health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTICS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 77949882307     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a18082     Document Type: Article

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