Language and literacy relate to lack of children's dental sealant use

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-324

  Mejia, Gloria C ^a,b   Weintraub, Jane A ^a   Cheng, Nancy F ^a   Grossman, Wynne ^c   Han, Pamela Z ^a   Phipps, Kathy R ^d   Gansky, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Center for Oral Health   (United States)

^d Association of State and Territorial Dental   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; sealants

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960379253     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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