Factors affecting children's oral health: Perceptions among Latino parents

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-89

  Cortés, Dharma E ^a,b   Réategui Sharpe, Ludmila ^c   Spiro, Avron ^c,d   García, Raul I ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

children; Latinos; oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; PARENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BOSTON; CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DIETARY SUCROSE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FLUORIDATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASSACHUSETTS; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84859111012     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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