Socioeconomic status and self-rated oral health; diminished return among hispanic whites

Dentistry Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic inequalities; Ethnic health disparities; Oral health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048271186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23046767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/dj6020011     Document Type: Article

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