Self-reported dental health, treatment need and attendance among older adults in two areas of Finland

Community Dental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-26

  Suominen Taipale, Anna Liisa ^a,c   Nordblad, Anne ^b   Alanen, Pentti ^a   Alha, Pirkko ^b   Koskinen, Seppo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c National Public Health Institute ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental attendance; Older adults; Treatment need

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL CARE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORECASTING; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURE; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0035288731     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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