Early childhood caries in preschool children of Kosovo - A serious public health problem

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Begzati, Agim ^a   Berisha, Merita ^a   Meqa, Kastriot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; YUGOSLAVIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 78650479452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-788     Document Type: Article

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