Traumatic dental injuries and its relation to overweight among Indian school children living in an urban area

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2631-2633

  Vijaykumar, Singamaneni ^a   Guna Shekhar, Madiraju ^a   Vijayakumar, Rajendran ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Childhood; Dental trauma; Overweight; Permanent incisors; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH INJURY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84887366670     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/7528.3633     Document Type: Article

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