Receipt of dental care and barriers encountered by persons with disabilities

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Rouleau, Tanya ^a   Harrington, Amanda ^b   Brennan, Michael ^a   Hammond, Flora ^a   Hirsch, Mark ^a   Nussbaum, Marcy ^a   Bockenek, William ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral risk factor surveillance system; dental care for disabled; disabled persons; oral health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952482064     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: 17544505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2011.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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