Is dental care utilization associated with oral cavity cancer in a large sample of community-based United States residents?

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-142

  Holmes Jr , L ^a,b,c   Desvignes Kendrick, M ^d,e   Slomka, J ^d   Mahabir, S ^e   Beeravolu, S ^f   Emani, S R ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Population Health Research Institute   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f Internal Medicine Residency   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional design; Dental care; National health interview survey; Oral cavity cancer; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH TUMOR; PERIODONTITIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTITIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62349136363     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2008.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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