The magnitude of oral health inequalities in Canada: Findings of the Canadian health measures survey

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 490-498

  Ravaghi, Vahid ^a   Quiñonez, Carlos ^b   Allison, Paul J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

caries; disparities; epidemiology; inequalities; oral health; public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DISPARITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INEQUALITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

CARIES; DISPARITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INEQUALITIES; ORAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887024524     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12043     Document Type: Review

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