Dental health patterns in young adults in Lithuania: An exploratory, analytical approach

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-230

  Aleksejuniené, Jolanta ^a   Holst, Dorthe ^a   Eriksen, Harald M ^a   Grytten, Jostein I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adults; Dental health; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LITHUANIA; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LITHUANIA; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036691337     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163502760147990     Document Type: Article

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