Were NZ's structural changes to the welfare state in the early 1990s associated with a measurable increase in oral health inequalities among children?
Abstract Objective: To test the hypothesis that the 1990–91 social and economic policy changes in New Zealand were associated with a subsequent increase in socio‐economic and ethnic inequalities in the dental caries experience of five‐year‐old children. Method: Dental caries data from the School Den...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2002-12-01
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Series: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00361.x |