Oral health needs and barriers to dental care in hospitalized children

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 206-211

  Nicopoulos, Martine ^a,b   Brennan, Michael T ^a   Kent, M Louise ^a   Brickhouse, Tegwyn H ^a   Rogers, Mary K ^a   Fox, Philip C ^a   Lockhart, Peter B ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Mouth diseases; Pediatric dentistry; Tooth diseases

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 35748935255     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2007.tb00348.x     Document Type: Article

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