Preventive Dental Behaviors and their Association with Oral Health Status in Older White Men

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 869-877

  Boehmer, U ^a,d   Kressin, N R ^b   Spiro, A ^c  

^a Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral health status; Oral self care behaviors; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DMF INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033278205     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345990780040701     Document Type: Article

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