Oral health inequalities in a national sample of Australian children aged 2-3 and 6-7 years

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-44

  Kilpatrick, N M ^a,b,c   Neumann, A ^a,d   Lucas, N ^a   Chapman, J ^a   Nicholson, J M ^a  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; dental caries; geographic remoteness; Indigenous health; inequalities

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84857774682     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: 18347819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2011.01644.x     Document Type: Article

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