Health insurance status is associated with periodontal disease progression among Gullah African-Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-151

  Marlow, Nicole M ^a   Slate, Elizabeth H ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar ^a   Fernandes, Jyotika K ^a   Leite, Renata S ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

access to healthcare; diabetes; glycemic control; Gullah African Americans; health insurance; income; negative binomial regression; periodontal disease; periodontal disease progression

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958070104     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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