Social gradients in dental health among low-income mothers and their young children

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 570-588

  Grembowski, David ^a   Spiekerman, Charles ^a   Milgrom, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dental insurance; Education; Employment; Ethnicity; Income; Medicaid; Mothers; Oral behaviors; Oral beliefs; Perceived general health; Perceived oral health; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; ORAL HEALTH; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84860468541     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0054     Document Type: Article

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