A collaborative approach to collecting data on children's oral health and weight status, Georgia, 2005

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Falb, Matthew D ^a   Kanny, Dafna ^a  

^a GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PARENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTS;

EID: 84978420806     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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