Dental caries prevalence and dental care utilization among the very old

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1571-1579

  Warren, John J ^a   Cowen, Howard J ^b   Watkins, Catherine M ^b   Hand, Jed S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROOT CARIES;

EID: 0034330651     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2000.0086     Document Type: Article

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