Psychosocial and behavioral issues in early childhood caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 32-44

  Reisine, Susan ^a,b   Douglass, Joanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral; Cognitive behavioral interventions; Early childhood caries; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Nursing caries; Psychosocial; Race; Risk factors; Self efficacy; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; CANINE TOOTH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCISOR; INFANT; MAXILLA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; CUSPID; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCISOR; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MAXILLA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031609960     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb02092.x     Document Type: Article

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