Knowledge and beliefs regarding oral health among pregnant women

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1275-1282

  Boggess, Kim A ^a   Urlaub, Diana M ^a   Moos, Merry K ^a   Polinkovsky, Margaret ^b   El Khorazaty, Jill ^b   Lorenz, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral health knowledge; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055208331     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0113     Document Type: Article

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