Oral health among 35- to 44-year-old Iranians

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 280-285

  Hessari, Hossein ^a,b   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^a   Eghbal, Mohammad J ^b   Murtomaa, Heikki T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran, caries; Oral health, adults; Periodontal pockets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; TOOTH FILLING; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249816802     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102150     Document Type: Article

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