Racial variations in dental procedures: The case of root canal therapy versus tooth extraction

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1256-1261

  Kressin, Nancy R ^a,b,c   Boehmer, Ulrike ^a,b   Berlowitz, Dan ^a,b   Christiansen, Cindy L ^a,b   Pitman, Arkadiy ^a   Jones, Judith A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Dental care; Health services; Race; Root canal therapy; Tooth extraction; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0642372941     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000094720.14790.B1     Document Type: Article

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