Social inequality in perceived oral health among adults in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-166

  Sanders, Anne E ^a   Spencer, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEPHONE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 1942467430     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00930.x     Document Type: Article

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