Open AccessDental Caries: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among North Carolina Kindergarten Students
Author(s) -
Go Matsuo,
R. Gary Rozier,
Ashley M. Kranz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302884
Subject(s) - ethnic group , poverty , poverty level , medicine , white (mutation) , demography , health equity , oral health , race (biology) , gerontology , public health , environmental health , family medicine , population , nursing , political science , sociology , gender studies , biochemistry , chemistry , law , gene
We examined racial/ethnic disparities in dental caries among kindergarten students in North Carolina and the cross-level effects between students' race/ethnicity and school poverty status.