Oral health and quality of life in New Zealand: A social perspective

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1213-1222

  Chen, Meei Shia ^a   Hunter, Peter ^b  

^a The University of Chicago   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Oral health; Oral health behavior; Quality of life; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MODELLING APPROACH; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030424882     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00407-6     Document Type: Article

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