Linking mother and child access to dental care

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Grembowski, David ^a   Spiekerman, Charles ^a   Milgrom, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to dental care regular source of dental care; Children; Dental insurance; Medicaid; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DENTAL CARE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 54049123271     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0118     Document Type: Article

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