The VicGeneration study - A birth cohort to examine the environmental, behavioural and biological predictors of early childhood caries: Background, aims and methods

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  De Silva Sanigorski, Andrea M ^a,b   Calache, Hanny ^c   Gussy, Mark ^d   Dashper, Stuart ^e   Gibson, Jane ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES VICTORIA   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77950243981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-97     Document Type: Article

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