Do parents of children with caries choose to opt out of positive consent dental surveys in Wales?

British Dental Journal

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Monaghan, N P ^a   Jones, S J ^a   Morgan, M Z ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; PARENTAL CONSENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE DENTISTRY; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WALES;

EID: 79251517112     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.26     Document Type: Article

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