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Prevalence of Non-Nutritive Sucking Habits and Potential Influencing Factors among Children in Urban Communities in Nigeria

BACKGROUND: The use of non-nutritive sucking materials like pacifiers and fingers poses health challenges to children in resource-limited settings, where hygiene practices and provision of clean water are poor. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of non-nutritive sucking habits and i...

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Autores principales: Orimadegun, Adebola Emmanuel, Obokon, Gabriel Omen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25941667
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2015.00030