Oral health among Vietnamese using a community health centre in Richmond, Victoria

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 208-215

  Marino R ^a   Wright, F A C ^b   Minas, I H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Dental Health Services   (Australia)

^c Vic Transcultural Psychiatry Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Epidemiology; Migrant groups; Oral health; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VICTORIA; VIETNAM;

EID: 0035464661     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2001.tb00284.x     Document Type: Article

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