A sober look at the links between oral and general health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 381-382

  Tsakos, Georgios ^a   Quiñonez, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84883051920     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202481     Document Type: Editorial

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