Adult dental visits in California: Successes and challenges

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-280

  Tomar, Scott L ^a   Azevedo, Andréa B ^b   Lawson, Roberta ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult dental visits; BRFSS; California; Dental insurance; Health services accessibility; Healthy People 2000; Socioeconomic status; Telephone survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0032150810     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1998.tb03009.x     Document Type: Article

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