Inequalities in the dental treatment provided to children: An example from the UK

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 335-341

  Tickle, Martin ^a,c   Milsom, Keith ^b   Blinkhorn, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Chester and Halton Community NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental; Inequalities; Socioeconomic status; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE DENTISTRY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0036777708     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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