Edentulism trends among middle-aged and older adults in the United States: Comparison of five racial/ethnic groups

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-153

  Wu, Bei ^a   Liang, Jersey ^b   Plassman, Brenda L ^c   Remle, Corey ^d   Luo, Xiao ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; edentulism; older adults; trend analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; NEGRO; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859107425     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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