Oral health care for children - A call for action

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Cummings, Carl ^a   Gander, Sarah ^a   Grueger, Barbara ^a   Pancer, Larry B ^a   Rowan Legg, Anne ^a   Wood, Ellen P ^a  

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Author keywords

Aboriginal communities; Early childhood caries; Fluoride; Immigrants; Oral health; Prevention; Public health policy; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLUORIDATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 84872517191     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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