Gender issues and oral health in elderly Indians

International Dental Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 475-484

  Shah, N ^a,b  

^a All India Inst of Medical Sciences ^*

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gender; India; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH FILLING; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETARIAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0346961847     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1875-595X.2003.tb00890.x     Document Type: Article

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