The equity of access to primary dental care for children in the North East of England

Community Dental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-119

  Maunder, P ^a   Landes, D P ^b,d   Steen, N ^c  

^a General Dental Practitioner Tyne and Wear   (United Kingdom)

^b Durham Dales Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Henson Close   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Children; Dental services; Deprivation; Equity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33745658646     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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