A transition scoring system of caries increment with adjustment of reversals in longitudinal study: Evaluation using primary tooth surface data

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Ismail, Amid I ^a   Lim, Sungwoo ^a   Sohn, Woosung ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

caries; caries increment; cohort studies; epidemiology; measurement

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICHIGAN; POVERTY AREAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78651441880     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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