A national study of the importance of oral health to life quality to inform scales of oral health related quality of life

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 813-818

  McGrath, C ^a,b   Bedi, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oral health; Public perception; Quality of life (QoL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SCALE UP; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1942505778     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021696.05528.4c     Document Type: Article

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