Dental caries in rural alaska native children - alaska, 2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 1275-1277

  Klejka, Joseph ^a   Swanzy, Meghan ^b   Whistler, Bradley ^c   Jones, Caroline ^d   Bruce, Michael G ^e   Bruden, Dana ^e   Hennessy, Thomas W ^e   Rolin, Stephanie ^e   Byrd, Kathy K ^g   Husain, Farah ^g   Beltrán Aguilar, Eugenio ^f  

^a Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation   (United States)

^b SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Alaska Dept of Health and Social Svcs   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; BEVERAGES; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 80053089911     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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