Impact of parental migration on oral health outcomes of left-behind school-aged children in Luchuan, southern China

• Main Authors: Rongmin Qiu (Author), Yihong Li (Author), Manisha Malla (Author), Junyu Yao (Author), Dan Mo (Author), Neha Dhakal (Author), Hua Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background With rapid urbanization in China, an increasing number of rural adults have migrated to cities to seek job opportunities, leaving their school-aged children behind. These left-behind children (LBC) without one or both parents usually receive less attention from their caregivers....