Measuring and decomposing oral health inequalities in an UK population

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 481-489

  Shen, Jing ^a   Wildman, John ^a   Steele, Jimmy ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

concentration index; decomposition; gini index; health inequality; oral health; oral health impact profile

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION INDEX; DECOMPOSITION; FEMALE; GINI INDEX; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INEQUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH IMPACT PROFILE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

CONCENTRATION INDEX; DECOMPOSITION; GINI INDEX; HEALTH INEQUALITY; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HEALTH IMPACT PROFILE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887024219     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12071     Document Type: Article

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