Cluster effects in a national dental PBRN restorative study

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 782-787

  Litaker, M S ^a   Gordan, V V ^b   Rindal, D B ^c   Fellows, J L ^d   Gilbert, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Health Partners Institute for Education and Research   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster trials; dental research; dentists; intraclass correlation coeffiecient; multilevel analysis; research methodology

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; DENTAL MATERIAL; GLASS IONOMER; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CLUSTER TRIALS; COFFERDAM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFIECIENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

CLUSTER TRIALS; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTISTS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFIECIENT; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY LINING; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RUBBER DAMS; SAMPLE SIZE; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH FRACTURES; TOOTH WEAR; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

EID: 84882805920     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034513497752     Document Type: Article

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