Dental attendance by insurance status among adults in Tehran, Iran

International Dental Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 338-344

  Bayat, Fariborz ^a,b   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^a   Tala, Heikki ^a   Zafarmand, A Hamid ^a  

^a University of Helsinki ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adults; Dental insurance; Dental visits; Telephone interview

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845621977     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2006.tb00338.x     Document Type: Article

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