Early childhood caries-related visits to emergency departments and ambulatory surgery facilities and associated charges in New York state

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-65

  Nagarkar, Sanket R ^a,b   Kumar, Jayanth V ^a   Moss, Mark E ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Children; Early childhood caries; Emergency department; Treatment charges

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856425231     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0021     Document Type: Article

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