Your whole life is lived through your teeth: Biographical disruption and experiences of tooth loss and replacement

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 462-476

  Rousseau, Nikki ^a   Steele, Jimmy ^a   May, Carl ^b   Exley, Catherine ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiences of illness; Oral health; Qualitative research; Tooth loss; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; TOOTH LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897464257     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12080     Document Type: Article

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