Trends in income-related inequality in untreated caries among children in the United States: Findings from NHANES I, NHANES III, and NHANES 1999-2004

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 500-510

  Capurro, Diego Alberto ^a   Iafolla, Timothy ^b   Kingman, Albert ^b   Chattopadhyay, Amit ^c   Garcia, Isabel ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MOHAMMED BIN RASHID UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

caries; disparities; inequality; oral health; social inequalities; socioeconomic factors; surveillance; trends

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945455456     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12174     Document Type: Review

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