Number of teeth and its association with central obesity in older southern Brazilians

Community Dental Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-89

  De Marchi, R J ^a   Hugo, F N ^a   Hilgert, J B ^a   Padilha, D M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Obesity; Tooth loss; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTITION; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DENTITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDEPENDENT LIVING; JAW, EDENTULOUS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84860821707     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2676Marchi05     Document Type: Article

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