Perceptions of dental care need among African-American elders: Implications for health promotion

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 158-163

  Slaughter, Ann ^a   Taylor, Lynne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ethnicity; Health promotion; Oral health perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 21644478421     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2005.tb01427.x     Document Type: Article

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