Oral health behavior and attitudes of adults in Lithuania

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 243-248

  Petersen, Poul Erik ^a,b   Aleksejuniene, Jolanta ^c   Christensen, Lisa Bøge ^c   Eriksen, Harald M ^c   Kalo, Isuf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adults; Dental visits; Lithuania; Oral hygiene practices; Self assessment of oral health; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 0034577191     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350050217073     Document Type: Article

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