Estimation and comparison of significant caries index and the pattern of sugar consumption among 12-year-old school going children of two different socioeconomic strata.

The purpose of this study was to estimate and compare the Significant Caries Index (SiC), the pattern of sugar consumption, and to know the oral hygiene practices in a sample of 200, 12-year-old school going children of two different social classes residing in both urban and rural areas. The subjects were divided into two social classes based on the per capita monthly income. Twenty-four hour dietary records of five consecutive days were obtained from each subject.

GRATEFUL MED searching: a hospital library perspective.

The Health Sciences Information Center of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center implemented an end user search service utilizing NLM's GRATEFUL MED software. A librarian-taught seminar is required of all end users. The course's teaching strategies are described.

MEDLEARN:an orientation to MEDLINE.

(***)MEDLEARN(***), an orientation to MEDLINE, was developed to educate members of the biomedical community to become competent on-line searchers. It appears in two complementary forms: an interactive terminal presentation available on the TYMSHARE Network and a supporting hard-copy manual which contains the didactic portions of the computer program as well as additional items which are not suitable for on-line presentation. (***)MEDLEARN(***), a flexible instructional tool, is divided into forty sections which may be selected in various sequences depending on the user's previous experience.