Improving America's access to care: The National Institute Dental and Craniofacial Research addresses oral health disparities

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1389-1396

  Milgrom, Peter ^a   Garcia, Raul I ^b   Ismail, Amid ^c   Katz, Ralph V ^d   Weintraub, Jane A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7044260523     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0048     Document Type: Article

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