The mouth-body split: Conceptual models of oral health and their relationship to general health among ethnic minorities in South Thames Health Region

Community Dental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-46

  Corrigan, M ^a   Newton, J T ^a   Gibbons, D E ^a   Locker, D ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnic groups; Oral health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MOUTH HYGIENE; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035293584     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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