Reassessment at 6-7 years of age of a randomized controlled trial initiated before birth to prevent early childhood caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-124

  Plutzer, Kamila ^a   John Spencer, A ^a   Keirse, Marc J N C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anticipatory guidance; early childhood caries; follow up study; health promotion; primary prevention; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84859110377     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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