Oral health disparities and psychosocial correlates of self-rated oral health in the national survey of american life

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Finlayson, Tracy L ^a   Williams, David R ^b   Siefert, Kristine ^c   Jackson, James S ^c   Nowjack Raymer, Ruth ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950585854     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.167783     Document Type: Article

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