Body mass index (BMI) and dental caries in 5-year-old children from southern Sweden

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-322

  Norberg, Carina ^a,b,c   Hallström Stalin, Ulla ^b   Matsson, Lars ^a   Thorngren Jerneck, Kristina ^d,e   Klingberg, Gunilla ^a,f,g  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Pediatric Dentistry Specialist Clinic   (Sweden)

^c Pediatric Dentistry Specialist Clinic   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f National Orofacial Resource Centre for Rare Disorders Goteborg   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMI; caries; epidemiology; pediatric dentistry; preeschool children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THINNESS;

EID: 84864284658     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2012.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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