Validity of a self-reported periodontal disease measure

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 205-212

  Joshipura, Kaumudi J ^a   Douglass, Chester W ^a,b   Garcia, Raul I ^a,c,d   Valachovic, Richard ^e   Willett, Walter C ^b,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Boston VA Outpatient Clinic

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

^e Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences ^*

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar bone loss; Periodontal disease; Radiographs; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTIST; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; DENTISTS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMOKING;

EID: 0030155175     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02437.x     Document Type: Article

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