Association between early childhood caries and malnutrition in a sub-urban population in Nigeria

• Main Authors: Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan (Author), Olujide Arije (Author), Maha El Tantawi (Author), Kikelomo Adebanke Kolawole (Author), Mary Obiyan (Author), Olaniyi Arowolo (Author), Elizabeth O. Oziegbe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To determine the association between malnutrition and early childhood caries (ECC) in children resident in sub-urban, Nigeria. Methods This study was a subset of a larger cross-sectional study the data of which was generated through a household survey conducted in Ile-Ife, Nigeri...