Oral care during pregnancy: Attitudes of Brazilian public health professionals

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3454-3464

  Alves, Renata Toledo ^a   Ribeiro, Rosangela Almeida ^b   Costa, Luciane Rezende ^c   Leles, Claudio Rodrigues ^c   Freire, Maria do Carmo Matias ^c   Paiva, Saul Martins ^d  

^a Estacio de Sa College   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health personnel; Oral health; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868092699     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9103454     Document Type: Article

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