Gradients in periodontal status in Japanese employed males

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 952-956

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

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Health Promotion Foundation   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inequality; Job classification; Periodontal status; Social gradient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; SMOKING;

EID: 35348871910     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2007.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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