Dental attitudes: Proximal basis for oral health disparities in adults

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-298

  Riley III, Joseph L ^a   Gilbert, Gregg H ^b   Heft, Marc W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Cluster analysis; Dental care; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745728189     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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