BMI status in Swedish children and young adults in relation to caries prevalence

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Alm, Anita ^a   Isaksson, Helen ^b   Fåhraeus, Christina ^e   Koch, Göran ^b   Andersson GÄRE, Boel ^c   Nilsson, Mats ^c   Birkhed, Dowen ^d   Wendt, Lill Kari ^e  

^a Department of Paediatric Dentistry ^*  (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION   (Sweden)

^c Department of Clinical Microbiology   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMI; Caries; Obesity; Overweight; Young individuals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; ORAL HEALTH; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955580342     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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