Social gradients in oral health in older adults: Findings from the english longitudinal survey of aging

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1892-1899

  Tsakos, Georgios ^a   Demakakos, Panayotes ^a   Breeze, Elizabeth ^a   Watt, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80052990643     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300215     Document Type: Article

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