Socioeconomic inequalities in dental caries and their determinants in adolescents in New Delhi, India

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Mathur, Manu Raj ^a   Tsakos, Georgios ^b   Millett, Christopher ^c   Arora, Monika ^a   Watt, Richard ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO USE; URBAN AREA; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84920522521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006391     Document Type: Article

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