Secular trends in hospital emergency department visits for dental care in Kansas City, Missouri, 2001-2006

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-219

  Hong, Liang ^a   Ahmed, Arif ^b   McCunniff, Michael ^b   Liu, Yifei ^b   Cai, Jinwen ^c   Hoff, Gerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c Office of Epidemiology and Community Health Monitoring   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULPITIS; RISK FACTOR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH PAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952780872     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600212     Document Type: Article

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