Impact of national income and inequality on sugar and caries relationship

Caries Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 581-588

  Masood, M ^a   Masood, Y ^a   Newton, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Income inequality; National income

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUGAR INTAKE;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84866500903     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342170     Document Type: Article

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