Rural Puerto Rican women's views on children's oral health: A qualitative community-based study

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Del Valle, Lydia M López ^a   Riedy, Christine A ^b   Weinstein, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's oral health; Focus group; Rural communities; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751566371     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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