Improving the oral health of Alaska Natives

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 769-773

  Sekiguchi, Eugene ^a   Guay, Albert H ^a   Brown, L Jackson ^a   Spangler Jr , Thomas J ^a  

^a AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; ESKIMO; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 17844377308     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.053546     Document Type: Review

References (8)

1. The 1999 Oral Health Survey of American Indian and Alaska Native Dental Patients: Findings, Regional Differences and National Comparisons. Washington, DC: Dept of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service; 2002.
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8. Alaska Dental Health Aide Program: A Brief for the American Dental Association. Washington, DC: Dept of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service; December 16, 2003.