Barriers to oral health care amongst different social classes in India.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate and compare the influence of social and cultural factors as access barriers to oral health care amongst people from various social classes. BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A cross sectional survey in Pimpri, was conducted using a pilot tested 15 item-structured, clo...
| Publicado en: | Community Dental Health Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 158 - 163 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Sep2010
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