Disparities in oral health-related quality of life in a population of Canadian children

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 348-356

  Locker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Disparities; Oral health related quality of life; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DMF INDEX; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; ORAL HEALTH; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 34548444714     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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