Dental caries experience in preschool children - Is it related to a child's place of residence and family income?

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-379

  Sufia, Shamta ^a   Chaudhry, Saima ^a   Izhar, Faisal ^b   Syed, Ayma ^c   Mirza, Bilal Abdul Qayum ^d   Khan, Ayyaz Ali ^a  

^a Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

^b Sharif Medical and Dental College ^*  (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

^d National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Pakistan; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; INCOME; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84856994018     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a22661     Document Type: Article

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