Self-rated oral health and oral health-related factors: The role of social inequality

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 226-233

  Mejia, G ^a   Armfield, J M ^a,b   Jamieson, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

demographic; economic; oral health impairment; perceived need for dental care; Self rated oral health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH IMPAIRMENT; PERCEIVED NEED FOR DENTAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF-RATED ORAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOOTH PAIN;

DEMOGRAPHIC; ECONOMIC; ORAL HEALTH IMPAIRMENT; PERCEIVED NEED FOR DENTAL CARE; SELF-RATED ORAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 84901499850     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: 18347819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adj.12173     Document Type: Article

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