Early childhood caries and associated determinants: A cross-sectional study on Italian preschool children

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-152

  Congiu, Giovanna ^a   Campus, Guglielmo ^a   Sale, Silvana ^a   Spano, Giovanni ^a   Cagetti, Maria Grazia ^b   Lugliè, Pietrina Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

background factors; dental caries; early childhood caries; public health; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84902009482     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12038     Document Type: Article

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