Socio-behavioural factors and early childhood caries: A cross-sectional study of preschool children in central Trinidad

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Naidu, Rahul ^a,b   Nunn, June ^b   Kelly, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Early childhood caries; Oral health behaviour; Preschool children; West Indies

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HYGIENE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 84880008325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-13-30     Document Type: Article

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