Dental Health Attitudes among Dentate Black and White Adults

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-271

  Gilbert, Gregg H ^a,b   Duncan, R Paul ^a   Heft, Marc W ^a   Coward, Raymond T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Claude Pepper Ctr Res Oral H   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Attitudes; Dental care; Poverty; Race; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031093303     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199703000-00006     Document Type: Article

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