Household survey of access to and utilisation of emergency oral health care services in rural Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 649-653

  Ntabaye, M K ^a   Scheutz, F ^a   Poulsen, S ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CLINIC; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CLINICS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TANZANIA;

EID: 0032198258     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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