Use of oral health care services and oral findings in children with special needs in Lagos, Nigeria

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-65

  Oredugba, Folakemi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Special needs; Use of health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33744797076     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2006.tb01511.x     Document Type: Article

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