Racial and ethnic disparities in utilization of dental services among children in iowa: The Latino experience

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2352-2359

  Valencia, Alejandra ^a   Damiano, Peter ^a   Qian, Fang ^a   Warren, John J ^a   Weber Gasparoni, Karin ^a   Jones, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, DENTAL; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84869171224     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300471     Document Type: Article

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