Socio-demographic and behavioural correlates of oral hygiene status and oral health related quality of life, the Limpopo - Arusha school health project (LASH): A cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mbawalla, Hawa S ^a,b   Masalu, Joyce R ^b   Åstrøm, Anne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUGAR INTAKE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 78649485800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-87     Document Type: Article

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