Identifying unaddressed systemic health conditions at dental visits: Patients who visited dental practices but not general health care providers in 2008

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-255

  Strauss, Shiela M ^a   Alfano, Michael C ^a   Shelley, Donna ^a   Fulmer, Terry ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL FACILITY; DENTIST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL OFFICES; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857303805     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300420     Document Type: Article

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