The dental needs, demands and attitudes of a group of homeless people with mental health problems

Community Dental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 134-137

  Waplington, Julie ^a   Morris, John ^a   Bradnock, Gillian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adults; Epidemiology; Homeless; Oral conditions; Psychiatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TOOTH ATTRITION;

EID: 0034265322     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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