Greece's high dentist to population ratio: Comparisons, causes, and effects

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1507-1515

  Koletsi Kounari, Haroula ^a   Papaioannou, William ^a   Stefaniotis, Theodoros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dentist to population ratio; European Union; Greece; Number of dentists; Oral health workforce; Oversupply of dentists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIST; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

DENTISTS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 81455155026     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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