Gender-stratified models to examine the relationship between financial hardship and self-reported oral health for older US men and women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1507-1515

  Chi, Donald L ^a   Tucker Seeley, Reginald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880154920     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301145     Document Type: Article

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