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Appraisal of the national response to the caries epidemic in children in Nigeria

BACKGROUND: This article reviews the caries profile for children in Nigeria and proposes an appropriate framework for addressing the silent caries epidemic. DISCUSSION: We reviewed the caries prevalence among children in Nigeria, assessed the existing responses to the caries epidemic including the n...

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Autores principales:	Folayan, Morenike O, Chukwumah, Nneka M, Onyejaka, Nneka, Adeniyi, Abiola A, Olatosi, Olubukola O
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Debate
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24957148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-14-76

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