The impact of educational level on oral health-related quality of life in older people in London

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-292

  Tsakos, Georgios ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^b   Kharicha, Kalpa ^b   Harari, Danielle ^c   Swift, Cameron G ^d   Gillman, Gerhard ^e   Stuck, Andreas E ^e  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Educational status; Health status disparities; Older people; Quality of life; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; MALE; MASTICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PENSION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SWALLOWING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEGLUTITION; DENTURES; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; MASTICATION; ORAL HEALTH; PENSIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 65149094481     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2009.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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