Culturally sensitive oral health educational materials for older African Americans

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 868-886

  Slaughter, Ann ^a   Evans, Lois K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health disparities; Health literacy; Health promotion; Older adults; Oral health education; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049134556     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0108     Document Type: Article

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