Is there a gradient by job classification in dental status in Japanese men?

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-279

  Morita, Ichizo ^a,b   Nakagaki, Haruo ^a   Yoshii, Saori ^a,c   Tsuboi, Shinji ^a   Hayashizaki, Junko ^a   Mizuno, Kinichiro ^c   Sheiham, Aubrey ^b  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Aichi Health Promotion Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Inequality; Job classification; Social gradient; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ORAL HEALTH; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 34547873146     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2007.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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