Feeding habits as determinants of early childhood caries in a population where prolonged breastfeeding is the norm

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-369

  Mohebbi, S Z ^a,b   Virtanen, J I ^a   Vahid Golpayegani, M ^b   Vehkalahti, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Caries; Children; Feeding method

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRINKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; DRINKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47349112882     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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