Socio-economic inequalities and oral health in Canada and the United States

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 865-870

  Elani, H W ^a   Harper, S ^a   Allison, P J ^a   Bedos, C ^a   Kaufman, J S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dental caries; dental health surveys; edentulous; operative dentistry; public health dentistry; socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CANADA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865204562     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034512455062     Document Type: Article

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