Integrating Oral Health to the Care of Overweight Children: A Model of Care Whose Time Has Come

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Grossi, Sara G ^a   Collier, David N ^a   Perkin, Ronald M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; EDITORIAL; FOOD; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MODEL; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 40749133279     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.12.024     Document Type: Editorial

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