Challenges in comparing the methods and findings of cohort studies of oral health: The Dunedin (New Zealand) and Pelotas (Brazil) studies

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-556

  Peres, Marco Aurelio ^a   Thomson, W Murray ^b   Peres, Karen Glazer ^a   Gigante, Denise Petrucci ^c   Horta, Bernardo Lessa ^c   Broadbent, Jonathan M ^b   Poulton, Richie ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Dental health surveys; Methods; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856016991     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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