Determinants of oral health care utilization among diverse groups of immigrants in New York City

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 871-878

  Cruz, Gustavo D ^a   Chen, Yu ^b   Salazar, Christian R ^a   Karloopia, Rajiv ^a   LeGeros, Racquel Z ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DMF INDEX; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954951024     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2010.0286     Document Type: Article

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