Social, demographic, clinical and lifestyle determinants of dental care visits in an urban sample of Portuguese adults

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 03-11

  Gomes, Alexandra ^a   Lunet, Nuno ^a   Santos, Ana Cristina ^a   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dental care; Epidemiology; Oral health; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARE; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 43249109356     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a13131     Document Type: Article

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