Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in dental caries in Iran: cross-sectional results from the PERSIAN cohort study

• Main Authors: Farid Najafi (Author), Satar Rezaei (Author), Mohammad Hajizadeh (Author), Moslem Soofi (Author), Yahya Salimi (Author), Ali Kazemi Karyani (Author), Shahin Soltani (Author), Sina Ahmadi (Author), Enayatollah Homaie Rad (Author), Behzad Karami Matin (Author), Yahya Pasdar (Author), Behrooz Hamzeh (Author), Mehdi Moradi Nazar (Author), Ali Mohammadi (Author), Hossein Poustchi (Author), Nazgol Motamed-Gorji (Author), Alireza Moslem (Author), Ali Asghar Khaleghi (Author), Mohammad Reza Fatthi (Author), Javad Aghazadeh-Attari (Author), Ali Ahmadi (Author), Farhad Pourfarzi (Author), Mohammad Hossein Somi (Author), Mehrnoush Sohrab (Author), Alireza Ansari-Moghadam (Author), Farhad Edjtehadi (Author), Ali Esmaeili (Author), Farahnaz Joukar (Author), Mohammad Hasan Lotfi (Author), Teamur Aghamolaei (Author), Saied Eslami (Author), Seyed Hamid Reza Tabatabaee (Author), Nader Saki (Author), Ali Akbar Haghdost (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The current study aimed to measure and decompose socioeconomic-related inequalities in DMFT (decayed, missing, and filled teeth) index among adults in Iran. Methods The study data were extracted from the adult component of Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in IrAN (PER...