Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 452-456 , November 2009

Educating Pediatricians and Family Physicians in Children's Oral Health

  • Alan B. Douglass, MD, FAAFP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Alan B. Douglass, MD, FAAFP, Middlesex Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, 90 South Main Street, Middletown, Connecticut 06457.
    • ,
  • Joanna M. Douglass, BDS, DDS
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  • David M. Krol, MD, MPH, FAAP

Received 17 April 2009 ,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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PII: S1876-2859(09)00250-2

doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.09.004

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 452-456 , November 2009

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