Social inequality in oral health-related quality-of-life, OHRQoL, at early older age: Evidence from a prospective cohort study

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 334-342

  Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a   Ekback, Gunnar ^b,c   Ordell, Sven ^d   Unell, Lennart ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^c Tandvårdsenheten ^*  (Sweden)

^d Ostergotland County Council   (Sweden)

^e MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chort; OIDP; risk factors; socio behavioral

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 80155156938     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016357.2011.568965     Document Type: Review

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