Life circumstances, lifestyles and oral health among older Canadians

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 214-220

  Locker, David ^a   Jokovic, Aleksandra ^a   Payne, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Determinants of health; Health behaviours; Health inequalities; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CARIOGENIC DIET; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL DEVICE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POVERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEPHONE; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0031297625     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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