The deterioration of Canadian immigrants' oral health: Analysis of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 424-432

  Calvasina, Paola ^a   Muntaner, Carles ^a   Quiñonez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adults; immigrants; longitudinal studies; oral health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940899295     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12165     Document Type: Article

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