The strength of two indicators of social position on oral health among persons over the age of 80 years

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-239

  Avlund, Kirsten ^a   Holm Pedersen, Poul ^a   Morse, Douglas E ^b   Viitanen, Matti ^c   Winblad, Bengt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Caries; Education; Oral health; Social class; Social position; Teeth

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ROOT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 30444437614     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2005.tb03023.x     Document Type: Article

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