Urban Mexican-American mothers' beliefs about caries etiology in children

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-255

  Hoeft, Kristin S ^a   Barker, Judith C ^a   Masterson, Erin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries; Caries etiology; Mexican American children; Mothers' beliefs and knowledge; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIES ETIOLOGY; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN; MOTHER; MOTHERS' BELIEFS AND KNOWLEDGE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CARIES; CARIES ETIOLOGY; MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN; MOTHERS' BELIEFS AND KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77952471782     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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