Socio-economic and ethnic influences on infant feeding practices related to oral health

Community Dental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-143

  Dykes, J ^a   Watt, R G ^a   Nazroo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental; Ethnicity; Infants; Oral health; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BOTTLE FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; PAKISTAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BANGLADESH; BOTTLE FEEDING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIETARY SUCROSE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036725217     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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