The association between demographic and oral health-related quality of life factors and dental care attendance among underprivileged older people

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Zini, Avi ^a   Vered, Yuval ^a   Sgan Cohen, Harold D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Care; Dentistry; Older people; Oral health related quality of life; Underprivileged

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79959237580     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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