Oral health behavior among 25-year-old-Norwegian adults: Factor structure, factorial invariance over time and trends

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-324

  Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adults; Factorial structure; Invariance; Oral health behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 67650869918     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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