Differences in self-reported oral health among community-dwelling black, hispanic, and white elders

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-288

  Wu, Bei ^a   Plassman, Brenda L ^b   Liang, Jersey ^c   Remle, R Corey ^d   Bai, Lina ^a   Crout, Richard J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Geriatrics; Hispanic health; Social factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953846671     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264310382135     Document Type: Article

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