The association between socioeconomic development at the town level and the distribution of dental caries in Brazilian children
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between dental caries among children in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and town-level indices of socioeconomic development. METHODS: We examined 15 385 oral-examination records from children aged 5 or 6 years old from 129 towns and cities in the state of Sã...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2003-09-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892003000800001&lng=en&tlng=en |