Public dental health care program for persons with disability

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 278-283

  Christensen, Lisa Bøge ^a   Hede, Børge ^b   Petersen, Poul Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b City of Copenhagen Center for Trafik   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Access; Dental care; Dental services; Persons with disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL STAFF; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 27144522115     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350510020034     Document Type: Article

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