Rural dentists of the future: Dental school enrollment strategies

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 830-835

  McFarland, Kimberly K ^a   Reinhardt, John W ^a   Yaseen, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental schools; Dental students; Rural health; Women dentists; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTISTS; DENTISTS, WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEBRASKA; ODDS RATIO; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 79251630585     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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