Effect of health promotion and fluoride varnish on dental caries among Australian Aboriginal children: Results from a community-randomized controlled trial

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-43

  Slade, Gary D ^a   Bailie, Ross S ^b   Roberts Thomson, Kaye ^c   Leach, Amanda J ^b   Raye, Iris ^b   Endean, Colin ^c   Simmons, Bruce ^d   Morris, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Remote Oral Health Services Consultant   (Australia)

Author keywords

dental caries; fluoride varnish; health promotion; indigenous; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78651453285     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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