Were NZ's structural changes to the welfare state in the early 1990s associated with a measurable increase in oral health inequalities among children?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 525-530

  Thomson, W M ^a   Williams, S M ^b   Dennison, P J ^c   Peacock, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036966707     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00361.x     Document Type: Article

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