Reducing Alaska Native paediatric oral health disparities: a systematic review of oral health interventions and a case study on multilevel strategies to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake
Background. Tooth decay is the most common paediatric disease and there is a serious paediatric tooth decay epidemic in Alaska Native communities. When untreated, tooth decay can lead to pain, infection, systemic health problems, hospitalisations and in rare cases death, as well as school absenteeis...
| Published in: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2013
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21066 https://doaj.org/article/25ab17183a2f4e87b7fe05c2919e8e2b |