Social and behavioral correlates of oral quality of life studied among university students in Tanzania

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 353-359

  Masalu, Joyce Rose ^a,b,c   Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Oral health related quality of life; Socio demographic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TANZANIA; UNIVERSITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS; TANZANIA; TOOTH LOSS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0036902083     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163502762667388     Document Type: Article

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