Primary Care, the Dental Profession, and the Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in the United States

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 699-730

  Douglass, Chester W ^a   Shanmugham, Jayapriyaa R ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging population; Chronic disease; Disease burden; Primary care

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866626799     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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