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Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among American Indian/Alaska Native Adults: Analysis of the Tribal Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · Llaneza AJ, Stone KA, Ritchie K, Spain E, Eason K, Cothron A, Seward J · 2026-07-27

Researchers examined which demographic and socioeconomic factors relate to oral health-related quality of life among American Indian/Alaska Native adults, finding that household income showed statistically significant associations with seven out of nine measured oral health outcomes, while age and sex varied in their associations.

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