The association between social deprivation and the prevalence and severity of dental caries and fluorosis in populations with and without water fluoridation

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  McGrady, Michael G ^a   Ellwood, Roger P ^b   Maguire, Anne ^c   Goodwin, Michaela ^b   Boothman, Nicola ^b   Pretty, Iain A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84872231863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1122     Document Type: Article

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