Dissatisfaction with oral health status in an older adult population

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-47

  Jokovic, Aleksandra ^a   Locker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissatisfaction with oral health; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH; TOOTH DISEASE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPEECH; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 0031449002     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1997.tb02471.x     Document Type: Article

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