Unmet dental care needs among children with special health care needs: Implications for the medical home

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Lewis, Charlotte ^a,b   Robertson, Andrea S ^a   Phelps, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Access; Children with special health care needs; Dental

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644624027     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0390     Document Type: Article

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