Should we brush twice a day? Determinants of dental health among young adults in Finland

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-286

  Nguyen, Lien ^a   Häkkinen, Unto ^a   Knuuttila, Matti ^b   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand for dental health; Dental care; Determinants of dental health; Health production function; Recursive bivariate probit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39449102457     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1258     Document Type: Article

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