Dental Caries — Evaluation of a Brief Tailored Motivational Intervention to Prevent Early Childhood Caries
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Ajrouch KJ, Reisine S, Lim S, Sohn W, Ismail A Situational stressors among African-American women living in low-income urban areas: the role of social support. Women Health. 2010 Mar;50(2):159-75. doi: 10.1080/03630241003705045.
Finlayson TL, Siefert K, Ismail AI, Delva J, Sohn W Reliability and validity of brief measures of oral health-related knowledge, fatalism, and self-efficacy in mothers of African American children. Pediatr Dent. 2005 Sep-Oct;27(5):422-8.
Finlayson TL, Siefert K, Ismail AI, Sohn W Psychosocial factors and early childhood caries among low-income African-American children in Detroit. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2007 Dec;35(6):439-48.
Ismail AI, Lim S, Sohn W, Willem JM Determinants of early childhood caries in low-income African American young children. Pediatr Dent. 2008 Jul-Aug;30(4):289-96.
Ismail AI, Ondersma S, Jedele JM, Little RJ, Lepkowski JM Evaluation of a brief tailored motivational intervention to prevent early childhood caries. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2011 Oct;39(5):433-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00613.x. Epub 2011 M
Ismail AI, Sohn W, Lim S, Willem JM Predictors of dental caries progression in primary teeth. J Dent Res. 2009 Mar;88(3):270-5. doi: 10.1177/0022034508331011.
Ismail AI, Sohn W, Tellez M, Willem JM, Betz J, Lepkowski J Risk indicators for dental caries using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS). Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;36(1):55-68. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00369
Li Y, Ismail AI, Ge Y, Tellez M, Sohn W Similarity of bacterial populations in saliva from African-American mother-child dyads. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Sep;45(9):3082-5. Epub 2007 Jul 18.
Nriagu J, Burt B, Linder A, Ismail A, Sohn W Lead levels in blood and saliva in a low-income population of Detroit, Michigan. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2006 Mar;209(2):109-21. Epub 2006 Jan 27.
Reisine S, Ajrouch KJ, Sohn W, Lim S, Ismail A Characteristics of African-American male caregivers in a study of oral health in Detroit--a brief communication. J Public Health Dent. 2009 Summer;69(3):197-200. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2008.00115.x.
Reisine S, Tellez M, Willem J, Sohn W, Ismail A Relationship between caregiver's and child's caries prevalence among disadvantaged African Americans. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2008 Jun;36(3):191-200. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00392.x.
Sanders AE, Lim S, Sohn W Resilience to urban poverty: theoretical and empirical considerations for population health. Am J Public Health. 2008 Jun;98(6):1101-6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.119495. Epub 2008 Apr 29.
Sohn W, Ismail A, Amaya A, Lepkowski J Determinants of dental care visits among low-income African-American children. J Am Dent Assoc. 2007 Mar;138(3):309-18; quiz 395-396, 398.
Sohn W, Taichman LS, Ismail AI, Reisine S Caregiver's perception of child's oral health status among low-income African Americans. Pediatr Dent. 2008 Nov-Dec;30(6):480-7.
Taichman LS, Sohn W, Lim S, Eklund S, Ismail A Assessing patterns of restorative and preventive care among children enrolled in Medicaid, by type of dental care provider. J Am Dent Assoc. 2009 Jul;140(7):886-94.
Tellez M, Sohn W, Burt BA, Ismail AI Assessment of the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and dental caries severity among low-income African-Americans: a multilevel approach. J Public Health Dent. 2006 Winter;66(1):30-6.
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