The overtime effect of social position on dental caries experience in a group of old-aged Danes born in 1914

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Krustrup, Ulla ^a   Holm Pedersen, Poul ^a   Petersen, Poul Erik ^a   Lund, Rikke ^b   Avlund, Kirsten ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dental caries experience; Education; Income; Occupation; Older adults; Social position

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 40549126963     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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