Income inequality in the United States and its potential effect on oral health

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 361-368

  Moeller, Jamie ^a   Starkel, Rebecca ^a   Quiñonez, Carlos ^a   Vujicic, Marko ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Gini index; income inequality; Oral health; survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE TEST; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017542693     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2017.02.052     Document Type: Article

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