Addressing oral health disparities in settings without a research-intensive dental school: Collaborative strategies

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-190

  Easa, David ^a   Harrigan, Rosanne ^a   Hammatt, Zoè ^a   Greer, Mark ^a   Kuba, Carolyn ^a   Davis, James ^a   Beck, James D ^b   Offenbacher, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians and Pacific Islanders; Dental school; Hawaii; Health disparities; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOUTH CAVITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 17644390257     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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