Racial differences in treatment preferences: Oral health as an example

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-108

  Tilashalski, Ken R ^a,b   Gilbert, Gregg H ^a   Boykin, Michael J ^a   Litaker, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Univ of Alabama School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care; Race; Root canal therapy; Tooth extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846911782     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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