Socio-economic inequality in the self-reported number of natural teeth among Norwegian adults - An analytical study

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-278

  Haugejorden, Ola ^a,b   Klock, Kristin S ^b   Åstrøm, Anne N ^b   Skaret, Erik ^b   Trovik, Tordis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Income; Inequality; Interview; National survey; Number of teeth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RISK; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 43449112056     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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