Oral health status of prison inmates - New South Wales, Australia

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-38

  Osborn, M ^a,d   Butler, T ^b   Barnard, P D ^c  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b Offender Services and Programs Branch   (Australia)

^c Westmead Centre for Oral Health   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

DMFT; Extraction; Perceived needs; Prison oral health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH FILLING;

EID: 0347517536     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2003.tb00006.x     Document Type: Review

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