Perceived oral health: Changes over 5 years in one Swedish age-cohort

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 292-299

  Ståhlnacke, Katri ^a,c   Söderfeldt, Björn ^a   Unell, Lennart ^a   Halling, Arne ^b   Axtelius, Björn ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental health inequality; Questionnaire; Socioeconomic distribution of dental care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASTICATION; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; TOOTH; TOOTH PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 0142010073     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2003.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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