Dental caries of refugee children compared with US children

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Cote, Susan ^a,c   Geltman, Paul ^a,b   Nunn, Martha ^a   Lituri, Kathy ^a   Henshaw, Michelle ^a   Garcia, Raul I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Delta Dental Plan of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dental caries; Health disparities; Oral health; Refugees

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; DIET; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIBERIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SOMALIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDAN; TOOTH COLOR; UNITED STATES; AFRICA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ORAL HEALTH; REFUGEES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644369176     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0496     Document Type: Article

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