Untreated severe dental decay: a neglected determinant of low Body Mass Index in 12-year-old Filipino children

BACKGROUND: Dental decay is the most common childhood disease worldwide and most of the decay remains untreated. In the Philippines caries levels are among the highest in the South East Asian region. Elementary school children suffer from high prevalence of stunting and underweight. The present stud...

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Autores principales: Benzian, Habib, Monse, Bella, Heinrich-Weltzien, Roswitha, Hobdell, Martin, Mulder, Jan, van Palenstein Helderman, Wim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21752286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-558

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21752286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-558

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