A life-course approach to assess the relationship between social and psychological circumstances and gingival status in adolescents

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1038-1045

  Nicolau, Belinda ^a,b   Marcenes, Wagner ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early life; Educational; Family relationships; Family structure; Gingivitis; Life course; Plaque scores

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FAMILY STUDY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH INJURY;

EID: 0346886953     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0303-6979.2003.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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