What do older adults' global self-ratings of oral health measure?

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 146-152

  Locker, David ^a   Wexler, Evelyn ^a   Jokovic, Aleksandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age and gender differences; Older adults; Self rated oral health; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744450705     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2005.tb02804.x     Document Type: Article

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