Factors influencing the use of dental health services by preschool children in Mexico

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-292

  Medina Solís, Carlo E ^a   Maupomé, Gerardo ^b   Ávila Burgos, Leticia ^a   Hijar Medina, Martha ^a   Segovia Villanueva, América ^c,d   Pérez Núñez, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dental serv ices utilization; Logistic regression model; Mexico; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH BRUSHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 33746549849     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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