The caries experience of 5 year-old children in Scotland, Wales and England in 2007-2008 and the impact of consent arrangements. Reports of co-ordinated surveys using BASCD criteria

Community Dental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-11

  Davies, G M ^a   Jones, C M ^a   Monaghan, N ^a   Morgan, M Z ^a   Pine, C M ^b   Pitts, N B ^c   Neville, J S ^a   Rooney, E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries prevalence; Consent; Dental caries; Epidemiology; National surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; WALES;

EID: 79955739241     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2765Davies07     Document Type: Article

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