The relationship between social network, social support and periodontal disease among older Americans

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 547-552

  Sabbah, Wael ^a   Tsakos, Georgios ^a   Chandola, Tarani ^b   Newton, Tim ^c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^d   Sheiham, Aubrey ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^a   Watt, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

older adults; periodontal disease; social network; social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955910262     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2011.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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