Socioeconomic-related inequalities in oral hygiene behaviors: a cross-sectional analysis of the PERSIAN cohort study

Socioeconomic-related inequalities in oral hygiene behaviors: a cross-sectional analysis of the PERSIAN cohort study

Abstract Background Socioeconomic-related inequality in oral hygiene behaviors in Iran is poorly understood. This study aims to measure and decompose socioeconomic-related inequalities in oral hygiene behaviors among middle-aged and elderly adults in Iran. Methods A cross-sectional analysis was perf...

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Main Authors: Moslem Soofi, Yahya Pasdar, Behzad Karami Matin, Behrooz Hamzeh, Satar Rezaei, Ali Kazemi Karyani, Mehdi Moradi Nazar, Shahin Soltani, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Yahya Salimi, Alireza Zangeneh, Hossein Poustchi, Maryam Sharafkhah, Ali Akbar Haghdoust, Mahboobeh Shirzad Ahoodashti, Vahid Mohammadkarimi, Javad Aghazadeh-Attari, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Abbas Yazdanbod, Ebrahim Eftekhar, Zahra Rahimi, Ehsan Bahramali, Alireza Moslem, Ahmad Jamalizadeh, Fatemeh Ezoddini Ardakani, Mehdi Zanganeh, Ali Ahmadi, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Fariba Tohidinezhad, Salar Rahimi Kazerooni, Farid Najafi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Oral Health
Subjects:
Socioeconomic inequalities
Oral hygiene behaviors
Concentration index
Decomposition analysis
PERSIAN cohort
Iran
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12903-020-1036-6

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