Dental utilization among Hispanic adults in agricultural worker families in California's Central Valley

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-299

  Finlayson, Tracy L ^a   Gansky, Stuart A ^b   Shain, Sara G ^b   Weintraub, Jane A ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UC San Francisco School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural workers; dental health services; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650328626     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2010.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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