Improving access to dental care in East London's ethnic minority groups: Community based, qualitative study

Community Dental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-100

  Croucher, Ray ^a   Sohanpal, Ratna ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Access; Barriers; Ethnic minorities; Focus groups

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS;

EID: 33745659878     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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