Assessing a multilevel model of young children's oral health with national survey data

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-298

  Bramlett, Matthew D ^a   Soobader, Mah J ^b   Fisher Owens, Susan A ^c   Weintraub, Jane A ^d   Gansky, Stuart A ^d   Platt, Larry J ^c   Newacheck, Paul W ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b Statworks   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

children's oral health; multilevel modeling; multiple imputation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, DENTAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTING; PARENTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954434395     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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