Oral health disparities and periodontal disease in Asian and Pacific Island populations

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4 SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages

  Harrigan, Rosanne C ^a   Easa, David ^a   LeSaux, Claude ^a   Millar, Lynne ^a   Kagihara, Lynette E ^a   Shomaker, T Samuel ^a   Greer, Mark H K ^b   Beck, James D ^c   Offenbacher, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians and Pacific Islanders; Collaborative research; Hawaii; Interdisciplinary research network; Oral health disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTISTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES;

EID: 29244482776     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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