Early childhood caries and access to dental care among children of Portuguese-speaking immigrants in the City of Toronto

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Werneck, Renata I ^a   Lawrence, Herenia P ^b   Kulkarni, Gajanan V ^b   Locker, David ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; CANADA; CARIOGENIC DIET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIGRATION; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANGOLA; AZORES; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DMF INDEX; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ONTARIO; PORTUGAL;

EID: 55849124358     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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