Is there a correlation between dental caries and body mass index-for-age among adolescents in Iran?

Community Dental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-177

  Sadeghi, M ^a   Lynch, C D ^b   Arsalan, A ^a  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; BMI for age; Body mass index (BMI); Dental caries; Iran; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 79959228557     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2519Lynch04     Document Type: Article

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