Interpreting oral health-related quality of life data

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-200

  Tsakos, Georgios ^a   Allen, P Finbarr ^b   Steele, Jimmy G ^c   Locker, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

data interpretation; epidemiology; oral health; outcomes assessment; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ORAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84860369608     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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