The Practice and Infrastructure of Dental Public Health in the United States

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-280

  Allukian Jr , Myron ^a,b   Adekugbe, Olubunmi ^a,c  

^a Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers   (United States)

^b Lutheran Medical Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 40149084815     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2007.12.003     Document Type: Review

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