Toothache in US children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1059-1063

  Lewis, Charlotte ^a   Stout, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH PAIN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTHACHE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149489457     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.206     Document Type: Article

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