State-level differences in the oral health of Australian preschool and early primary school-age children

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-62

  Lucas, Nina ^a   Neumann, A ^a,b   Kilpatrick, N ^a,c   Nicholson, J M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caries; Child health; Service use; State differences; Toothbrushing

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79952010428     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: 18347819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2010.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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