Is clinical oral health poorer in regional areas compared with major city areas?

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 150-157

  Crocombe, Leonard A ^a,b,c   Stewart, Judith F ^a   Brennan, David S ^a   Slade, Gary D ^d   Spencer, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental health; Health outcomes research; Oral epidemiology; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANODONTIA; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; HYPODONTIA; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANODONTIA; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879456951     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12034     Document Type: Article

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