Assessing Oral Health-Related Quality of Life: Findings from the Normative Aging Study

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 416-427

  Kressin, Nancy ^a,b   Spiro III, Avron ^a,c   Bossé, Raymond ^a,d   Garcia, Raul ^a,b   Kazis, Lewis ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Hellenic College   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental utilization; Oral health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BOSTON; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030140230     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199605000-00004     Document Type: Article

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