The impact of the Great Recession on untreated dental caries among kindergarten students in North Carolina

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1038-1046

  Abasaeed, Rania ^a   Kranz, Ashley M ^b   Rozier, R Gary ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Caries; Dental care for children; Dental care utilization; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTS; DMF INDEX; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; SCHOOLS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884850821     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2013.0232     Document Type: Article

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