Pure and social disparities in distribution of dentists: A cross-sectional province-based study in Iran

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1882-1894

  Kiadaliri, Aliasghar A ^a,b,c   Hosseinpour, Reza ^d   Haghparast Bidgoli, Hassan ^e   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a,c,f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dentists; Disparity; Ecological; Gaswirth index of disparity; Iran; Relative index of inequality

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH WORKER;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTIST; GASWIRTH INDEX OF DISPARITY; GEOGRAPHY; GINI COEFFICIENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INDEX OF DISSIMILARITY; IRAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE INDEX OF INEQUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

IRAN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTS; GEOGRAPHY; IRAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84877591607     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10051882     Document Type: Article

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