Dental Care and Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Population-Based Perspective

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 420-426

  Lewis, Charlotte W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; dental care; disability; oral health; special health care needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450214756     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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