Oral health impacts among adults in Finland: Competing effects of age, number of teeth, and removable dentures

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-266

  Lahti, Satu ^a   Suominen Taipale, Liisa ^b   Hausen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adults; Oral health related quality of life; Population based survey; Subjective oral health; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTURE, COMPLETE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 43449132110     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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