Racial/ethnic disparities in adult preventive dental care use

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 516-534

  Doty, Hilary E ^a   Weech Maldonado, Robert ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental checkup; Health disparities; Oral health; Preventive dental care; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARIES PREVENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 0642308545     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0724     Document Type: Article

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