Reducing disparities in dental care for low-income hispanic children

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 431-443

  Rhee Kim, Young O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to dental care; Hispanic children; Provider availability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 24644465474     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2005.0052     Document Type: Article

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