Acculturation and dental health among Vietnamese living in Melbourne, Australia

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-119

  Mariño, Rodrigo ^a   Stuart, Geoff W ^b   Wright, F A Clive ^c   Minas, I Harry ^b   Klimidis, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Melbourne   (Australia)

^c DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Dental visits; Oral health; Oral health knowledge; Vietnamese populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION TREE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION TREES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONS; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA; VIETNAM;

EID: 0035319604     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2001.290205.x     Document Type: Article

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