Prevalence and correlates of dental caries in an elderly population in northeast China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Lu ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Cheng, Min ^b   Li, Yan ^c   Cheng, Ruibo ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Heilongjiang Provincial Oral Disease Prevention Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84894262341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078723     Document Type: Article

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