Dental caries experience, tooth loss, and factors associated with unmet needs of haitian immigrants in New York City

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 203-209

  Cruz, Gustavo D ^a   Xue, Xiaonan ^b   LeGeros, Racquel Z ^c   Halpert, Nandor ^a   Galvis, Diana L ^a   Tavares, Mary ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NYUCD   (United States)

^d FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Haitian immigrants; Tooth loss; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0035468774     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2001.tb03392.x     Document Type: Article

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