Dental caries, sugars and food policy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 769-772

  Watt, Richard G ^a   Rouxel, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FLUORIDE;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; EASTERN EUROPE; EDITORIAL; ENAMEL; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOUTH DISCOMFORT; MOUTH HYGIENE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUGAR INTAKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PAIN; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85027926843     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301818     Document Type: Editorial

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