The reporting of race and ethnicity information in the dental public health literature

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-27

  Susarla, Harlyn K ^a   Dentino, Kelley M ^a   Kalenderian, Elsbeth ^a   Ramoni, Rachel B ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dental research; ethnicity; public health dentistry; race

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE;

DENTAL RESEARCH; ETHNICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; RACE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 84897595509     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2012.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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