Family characteristics and caries experience in preschool children. A longitudinal study from pregnancy to 5 years of age

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-317

  Wigen, Tove I ^a   Espelid, Ivar ^a   Skaare, Anne B ^a   Wang, Nina J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

caries risk indicators; cohort study; dental caries; family status; national origin; social determinants

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960371070     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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