Toothache pain: A comparison of visits to physicians, emergency departments and dentists

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1205-1216

  Cohen, Leonard A ^a   Bonito, Arthur J ^b   Akin, Donald R ^b   Manski, Richard J ^a   Macek, Mark D ^a   Edwards, Robert R ^c   Cornelius, Llewellyn J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentists' offices; Emergency departments; Physicians' offices; Race ethnicity; Toothache pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749098930     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0336     Document Type: Article

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