Prevalence of oral health problems in U.S. adults, NHANES 1999-2004: Exploring differences by age, education, and race/ethnicity

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 234-241

  Kim, Jung Ki ^a   Baker, Lindsey A ^b   Seirawan, Hazem ^c   Crimmins, Eileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

age pattern; education; oral health; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTITIS; PROBABILITY; ROOT CARIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH DISEASES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867973354     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: 17544505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2012.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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