Life course socioeconomic inequalities and oral health status in later life: ELSI-Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between life course socioeconomic conditions and two oral health outcomes (edentulism and use of dental prostheses among individuals with severe tooth loss) among older Brazilian adults. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study with data from the...

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Main Authors: Fabíola Bof de Andrade, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Junior, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa, Cesar de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-10-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102018000300506&lng=en&tlng=en