A comparative study of oral health status in a Migrant / Japanese sample

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-33

  Otsuru, Jiro ^a,b   Ueno, Masayuki ^a   Shinada, Kayoko ^a   Spolsky, Vladimir W ^c   Maida, Carl A ^c   Kawaguchi, Yoko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Workers' Medical Cooperative   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; International health; Migrant; Oral health related factor; Oral Health Status Index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH LOSS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 33645671729     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: 13428810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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