Oral health status and possible explanatory factors of an inner-city low-income community

Background/purpose: Individuals with low income bear a number of health challenges to healthcare services. Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) is known to be a low-income community in a metropolitan city. Because it is difficult to reach, the oral health (OH) status of these residents is unkno...

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Main Authors: Keith Pak-Hei Hau, Brenda Lee Currie, Samson Pak-Yan Ng, Nhu Le, Catherine Fang-Yeu Poh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Dental Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790216300915