Self-perceived oral health in adolescents associated with family characteristics and parental employment status

Community Dental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-164

  Östberg, Anna Lena ^a,b,c   Lindblad, U ^b,d   Halling, A ^e  

^a Public Dental Services   (Sweden)

^b Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Family characteristics; Gender; Self perceived oral health; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HYGIENE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0141996925     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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