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Childhood Obesity: Dental hygienists' beliefs attitudes and barriers to patient education

Doreen Dawn M. Cole, Linda D. Boyd, Jared Vineyard and Lori J. Giblin-Scanlon
American Dental Hygienists' Association April 2018, 92 (2) 38-49;
Doreen Dawn M. Cole
RDH, MS
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Linda D. Boyd
RDH, RD, EdD
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Jared Vineyard
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Lori J. Giblin-Scanlon
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