Opportunities and challenges to promoting oral health in primary schools

Community Dental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 188-192

  Gill, P ^a   Chestnutt, I G ^b   Channing, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Deprivation; Health promotion; Healthy eating; Inequalities; Oral health; Schools

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 73349089036     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2289Gill05     Document Type: Article

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