Title: Socio-demographic disparity in oral health among the poor : a cross sectional study of early adolescents in Kilwa district, Tanzania

Authors: Mashoto, Kijakazi O.

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2010

Journal: BMC Oral health

Volume: Vol. 10, No. 7

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health care delivery, oral health, dental health, poverty, tanzania

Abstract: This study aimed to assess socio-demographic disparities in clinical- and self reported oral health status and a number of oral health behaviors. The extent to which oral health related behaviors might account for socio-demographic disparities in oral health status was also examined.

URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6831-10-7.pdf

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