Explaining racial/ethnic disparities in children's dental health: A decomposition analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 859-866

  Guarnizo Herreño, Carol Cristina ^a   Wehby, George L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; ORAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861923606     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300548     Document Type: Article

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