Social gradients and cumulative effects of income and education on dental health in the fourth German oral health study

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-128

  Geyer, Siegfried ^a   Schneller, Thomas ^a   Micheelis, Wolfgang ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Institute of German Dentists   (Germany)

Author keywords

DMFT; Education; Health inequality; Income

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77949478130     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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