A Descriptive Analysis of Oral Health Systematic Reviews Published 1991-2012: Cross Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Saltaji, Humam ^a   Cummings, Greta G ^a   Armijo Olivo, Susan ^a   Major, Michael P ^a   Amin, Maryam ^a   Major, Paul W ^a   Hartling, Lisa ^a,b   Flores Mir, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; DENTAL SURGERY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ORAL SURGERY; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; RESEARCH; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884800348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074545     Document Type: Article

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