An ethnographic study of Latino preschool children's oral health in rural California: Intersections among family, community, provider and regulatory sectors

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Barker, Judith C ^a   Horton, Sarah B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 43149112086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-8-8     Document Type: Article

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