Longitudinal study of dental caries increment in Malaysian school children: A 5-year cohort study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 260-267

  Masood, Mohd ^a   Yusof, Norashikin ^a   Hassan, Mohamed I A ^a   Jaafar, Nasaruddin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

caries increment; caries severity; dental caries; longitudinal studies; school children

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84900532752     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511420704     Document Type: Article

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