Oral health acculturation in Albanian-speakers in south London

Community Dental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-155

  Bower, Elizabeth ^a   Newton, J T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Albanian; Oral health; Qualitative; Social context

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALBANIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 34948842860     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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