Oral health status in relation to socioeconomic factors among the municipal employees of Mysore city

Indian Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 410-418

  Chandra Shekar, B R ^a   Reddy, C V K ^b  

^a People s Dental Academy   (India)

^b JSS DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Dental caries; malignant lesions; Modified Kuppuswamy scale; municipal employees; periodontal diseases; prevalence; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH TUMOR; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRECANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855221242     PISSN: 09709290     EISSN: 19983603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.87063     Document Type: Article

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