Access to dental care in Alabama for children with special needs: Parents' perspectives

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 490-495

  Al Agili, Dania E ^a   Roseman, Jeffrey ^a   Pass, Mary Ann ^a   Thornton, John B ^a   Chavers, L Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CALCULATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PARENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342650659     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0216     Document Type: Article

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