Profile of the oral health among ambulant older Greek and Italian migrants living in Melbourne

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 198-204

  Marino R ^a   Calache, H ^b   Wright, C ^c   Morgan, M ^a   Schofield, M ^d   Minichiello, V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Dental Heath Services Victoria   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Migrants; Older adults; Oral health status; Treatment needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOUTH DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; STATISTICS; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; SAMPLING STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 35248856452     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2007.tb00489.x     Document Type: Article

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