Inequity in access to dental care services explains current socioeconomic disparities in oral health: The Swedish National Surveys of Public Health 2004-2005

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1027-1033

  Wamala, Sarah ^a   Merlo, Juan ^b   Boström, Gunnel ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845267246     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.046896     Document Type: Article

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