Socioeconomic inequalities in the distribution of dental caries in Brazilian preschool children

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-326

  Piovesan, Chaiana ^a   Mendes, Fausto M ^b   Ferreira, Fabiana V ^a   Guedes, Renata S ^a   Ardenghi, Thiago M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

child; dental caries; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78650346493     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2010.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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