Association between breastfeeding and dental caries in Japanese children

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-77

  Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Miyake, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cross sectional studies; Dental caries; Japan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862924532     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20110042     Document Type: Article

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