What a difference a place makes: Dental attendance and self-rated oral health among adults in three counties in Norway

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 829-840

  Abelsen, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Access; Dental attendance; Dental services; Self rated oral health; Supplier suppressed demand

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC ACCESS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ADULT; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 45549095800     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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