Inequalities in prosthetic rehabilitation among elderly people: The importance of context

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-238

  Giordani, Jessye Melgarejo Do Amaral ^a   De Slavutzky, Sonia Maria Blauth ^a   Koltermann, Annie Pozeczek ^b,c   Pattussi, Marcos Pascoal ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitario Franscicano   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Dental; Dental prosthesis; Multilevel analysis; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

AGED; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DENTISTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79956106785     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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