The relationship between aging and oral health inequalities assessed by the DMFT index

European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-199

  Eslamipour, F ^a   Borzabadi Farahani, A ^a,b   Asgari, I ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Specialist Orthodontic Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

11 20 year olds; Aging and caries experience relationship; DMFT; DT; FT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952213472     PISSN: 1591996X     EISSN: 2035648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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