Safety-net dental clinics: A viable model for access to dental care

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1013-1021

  Byck, Gayle R ^a   Cooksey, Judith A ^b   Russinof, Hollis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Access to dental care; Safety net dental clinics; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544466728     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0296     Document Type: Article

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