Trends in tooth loss in relation to socio-economic status among Swedish women, aged 38 and 50 years: Repeated cross-sectional surveys 1968-2004

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wennström, Anette ^a   Ahlqwist, Margareta ^a   Stenman, Ulrika ^a   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a   Hakeberg, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Number of teeth; Oral health; Socio economic status; Tooth loss; Trends; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TOOTH LOSS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ORAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 84887376906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-13-63     Document Type: Article

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