Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of 5- to 12-year-old children in relation to area-based income and immigrant background in Greece

International Dental Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 144-151

  Gatou, Tarsitsa ^a   Koletsi Kounari, Haroula ^b   Mamai Homata, Eleni ^b  

^a Department of Health Prevention and Promotion ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

area based income; children; Cross sectional study; dental caries; Greece; immigrant background; multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIGRATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HYGIENE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79959592042     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: 1875595X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2011.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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