Adult oral health inequalities described using area-based and household-based socioeconomic status measures

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-109

  Jamieson, Lisa M ^a   Thomson, W Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dental utilization; Deprivation; Edentulism; Oral health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEW ZEALAND; OFFICE VISITS; ORAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745132725     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2006.tb02564.x     Document Type: Article

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