Dietary habits of the primary to secondary school population and implications for oral health

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-80

  Al Ansari, Jassem M ^a   Al Jairan, Laila Y ^a   Gillespie, George M ^b,c  

^a Department of Oral and Dental Health ^*  (Kuwait)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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