Sense of coherence and oral health in dentate adults: Findings from the Finnish Health 2000 survey

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 981-987

  Bernabé, Eduardo ^a,g   Watt, Richard G ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^a   Suominen Taipale, Anna L ^b,c   Uutela, Antti ^b,d   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^e   Knuuttila, Matti ^f   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,e   Tsakos, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dental caries; periodontal disease; psychosocial factors; socioeconomic position; teeth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIET, CARIOGENIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL POCKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 78449239425     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01604.x     Document Type: Article

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