Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 277-281 , September 2010

Clustering of Oral and General Health Risk Behaviors in Korean Adolescents: A National Representative Sample

  • Yong-Duk Park, D.D.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry, School of Dentistry and Institute of Oral Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Lauren L. Patton, D.D.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Hae-Young Kim, D.D.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Eulji University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Hae-Young Kim, D.D.S., Ph.D., Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Eulji University, 212 Yangji-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do 461-713, Republic of Korea.

Received 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 2 February 2010.

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PII: S1054-139X(10)00091-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.02.003

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 277-281 , September 2010

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