Exploring socioeconomic disparities in self-reported oral health among adolescents in California

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-78

  Telford, Claire ^a   Coulter, Ian ^b,c   Murray, Liam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Epidemiologic factors; Health disparities; Oral health; Self reported oral health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851506084     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0031     Document Type: Article

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