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Dr Ankur Singh

Dr Ankur Singh

A/Prof

University of Sydney, LOHRG

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Highlighted Publications

The protective effect of housing affordability on childhood asthma risk: a longitudinal fixed-effects analysis

Y Li, A Singh, R Bentley

article American Journal of Epidemiology, kwag013, 2026

event 2026

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Impact of poverty reduction on oral health outcomes among US adults

U Cooray, A Singh, J Aida, G Tsakos, MA Peres

article Journal of Dental Research 104 (10), 1069-1076, 2025

event 2025

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Impact of rehabilitation with dental implants on the quality of life of patients undergoing maxillofacial reconstruction: a systematic review

S Azher, R McGrath, YM Kamalabadi, G Tsakos, F Sim, A Singh

article Quality of Life Research 34 (1), 113-130, 2025

event 2025

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Social inequities in early childhood caries in Australia: A population‐based study on statewide public dental services data

A Singh, S Hegde, M Silva, M Whelan, A Karahalios, DJ Manton, ...

article International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 35 (1), 186-193, 2025

event 2025

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Smoking Uptake Among Adolescents in Social Housing Australia

A Singh, E Martino, A Mansour, R Bentley

article Nicotine and Tobacco Research 27 (7), 1186-1191, 2025

event 2025

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The case for affordable oral health care: the public voice

G Kaur, G Tsakos, T Yap, T King, MR Mathur, A Singh

article Public Health Research and Practice 35 (2), PU24009, 2025

event 2025

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Mediation Effect of Dental Caries in the Relationship between Parental Locus of Control and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

SHX Tan, A Singh, KH Tan, JG Eriksson, CS Hsu

article Caries Research 59 (6), 567-579, 2025

event 2025

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Oral health Meets commercial determinants: an opportunity to Bridge individual and structural approaches

M Hopcraft, A Gupta, A Singh, J Lacy‐Nichols

article Australian Dental Journal 70 (4), 202-208, 2025

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Effect of Becoming Unemployed on Affordability of Oral Health Care among Australian Adults

G Kaur, G Tsakos, T Yap, A Karahalios, Z Chen, A Singh

article JDR Clinical & Translational Research 10 (4), 427-433, 2025

event 2025

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System dynamics modeling of caries severity states in long-term care

B Turton, J Griffith, JA Jones, SR Baker, A Singh, K Rawal, J Calabrese, ...

article Journal of Dental Research 104 (1), 29-36, 2025

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Relative Affordability of Private Dentistry in Australia over the Past Decade

MS Hopcraft, A Singh

article JDR Clinical & Translational Research, 23800844251384649, 2025

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Have We Been Measuring Migrant Wellbeing all Wrong? Conceptualizing Migrant Wellbeing: A Systematic Review

SF Debela, S McShane, L Carpenter, C McMichael, A Singh, K Block

article Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1-13, 2025

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Smoking and smokeless tobacco use during breastfeeding: A cross-sectional study based on 78 low-income and middle-income countries

P Singh, L Singh, FC Wehrmeister, C Kumar, A Singh, ZA Bhutta, S Singh

article Tobacco Induced Diseases 23 (1), 2025

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Longitudinal Trajectories of Dental Attendance in Australian Adults

G Kaur, T King, A Karahalios, A Singh

article Journal of Dental Research 104 (6), 604-610, 2025

event 2025

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Does Tooth Loss Lead to School Bullying? Evidence from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Y Li, G Tsakos, T King, Z Ge, A Singh

article JDR Clinical & Translational Research, 23800844251357941, 2025

event 2025

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The effect of informal caring on mental health among adolescents and young adults in Australia: a population-based longitudinal study

LF Alfonzo, G Disney, A Singh, K Simons, T King

article The Lancet Public Health 9 (1), e26-e34, 2024

event 2024

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The workplace culture, mental health and wellbeing of early-and mid-career health academics: a cross-sectional analysis

CH Marck, D Ayton, T Steward, HF Koay, JF Wiley, G Taiaroa, CC Walton, ...

article BMC Public Health 24 (1), 1122, 2024

event 2024

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Social disadvantage and multimorbidity including oral conditions in the United States

A Mirza, RG Watt, A Heilmann, M Stennett, A Singh

article Journal of Dental Research 103 (5), 477-483, 2024

event 2024

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Assessing bias in the causal role of HPV in oral cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

G Kaur, T Yap, R Ramani, M McCullough, A Singh

article Oral Diseases 30 (8), 5379-5387, 2024

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Effectiveness of school oral health programs in children and adolescents: an umbrella review

US Bhadauria, H Priya, B Purohit, A Singh

article Evidence-Based Dentistry 25 (4), 211-211, 2024

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Call for investing in understanding the health and well-being of South Asian migrants in Australia

ZS Lassi, A Singh, S Bhaumik

article The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific 43, 2024

event 2024

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Optimising Patient Outcomes in Tongue Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach

J de Boer, R Barnett, A Cardin, M Cimoli, L Davies, C Delany, BJ Dixon, ...

article Cancers 16 (7), 1277, 2024

event 2024

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Housing Australian children: a snapshot of health inequities in the first 2000 days

Y Li, A Singh, R Bentley

article Journal of Urban Health 101 (6), 1259-1269, 2024

event 2024

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Making the case for a new typology of dental care systems

CC Guarnizo‐Herreño, A Singh, MR Mathur, S Sarawagi, MA Peres

article Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 52 (6), 767-774, 2024

event 2024

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Association between cash transfer programs and oral health—A scoping review

BC Colvara, A Singh, A Gupta, RK Celeste, JB Hilgert

article Journal of Public Health Dentistry 83 (1), 69-77, 2023

event 2023

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Modeled health economic and equity impact on dental caries and health outcomes from a 20% sugar sweetened beverages tax in Australia

TM Nguyen, U Tonmukayakul, L Khanh‐Dao Le, A Singh, A Lal, ...

article Health economics 32 (11), 2568-2582, 2023

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Trends in social inequalities in early childhood caries using population‐based clinical data

DJ Lopez, S Hegde, M Whelan, S Dashper, G Tsakos, A Singh

article Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 51 (4), 627-635, 2023

event 2023

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Trends in age of tobacco use initiation over time in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: analysis of cross-sectional nationally representative surveys

L Singh, P Jain, C Kumar, A Singh, P Lal, A Yadav, PK Singh, S Singh

article BMJ open 13 (12), e067875, 2023

event 2023

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The mental health impact of school bullying among young carers in Australia: a causal mediation analysis

LF Alfonzo, A Singh, G Disney, T King

article Scientific reports 13 (1), 16788, 2023

event 2023

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Gender and care: Does gender modify the mental health impact of adolescent care?

LF Alfonzo, A Singh, G Disney, T King

article SSM-population health 23, 101479, 2023

event 2023

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Caries incidence is associated with wasting among Cambodian children

B Turton, S Sullivan, T Chher, S Hak, K Sokal-Gutierrez, F Wieringa, ...

article Journal of Dental Research 102 (2), 157-163, 2023

event 2023

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The Health Gains and Cost Savings of Eradicating Cold Housing in Australia

SR Mishra, T Wilson, H Andrabi, DA Ouakrim, A Li, A Singh, E Akpan, ...

article Available at SSRN 4165606, 2023

event 2023

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Correction to: Mental health of young informal carers: a systematic review.

A Singh, G Disney, J Ervin, T King

article Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 58 (2), 331-331, 2023

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Significant regional inequalities in the prevalence of intellectual disability and trends from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis of GBD 2019

R Nair, M Chen, AS Dutt, L Hagopian, A Singh, M Du

article Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 31, e91, 2022

event 2022

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Mental health of young informal carers: a systematic review

L Fleitas Alfonzo, A Singh, G Disney, J Ervin, T King

article Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 57 (12), 2345-2358, 2022

event 2022

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The association between domestic hard water and eczema in adults from the UK Biobank cohort study

DJ Lopez, A Singh, NT Waidyatillake, JC Su, DS Bui, SC Dharmage, ...

article British Journal of Dermatology 187 (5), 704-712, 2022

event 2022

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Theoretical explanations for socioeconomic inequalities in multimorbidity: a scoping review

LF Alfonzo, T King, E You, D Contreras-Suarez, S Zulkelfi, A Singh

article BMJ open 12 (2), e055264, 2022

event 2022

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Estimating cardiovascular health gains from eradicating indoor cold in Australia

A Singh, A Mizdrak, L Daniel, T Blakely, E Baker, L Fleitas Alfonzo, ...

article Environmental health 21 (1), 54, 2022

event 2022

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The association between sugar intake during pregnancy and allergies in offspring: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of cohort studies

A Gupta, A Singh, RL Fernando, SC Dharmage, CJ Lodge, ...

article Nutrition reviews 80 (4), 904-918, 2022

event 2022

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Scoping review of oral health-related birth cohort studies: toward a global consortium

KG Peres, GG Nascimento, A Gupta, A Singh, LS Cassiano, ...

article Journal of Dental Research 101 (6), 632-646, 2022

event 2022

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Prevalence of smoking and smokeless tobacco use during breastfeeding: a cross-sectional secondary data analysis based on 0.32 million sample women in 78 low-income and middle …

PK Singh, L Singh, FC Wehrmeister, N Singh, C Kumar, A Singh, ...

article EClinicalMedicine 53, 2022

event 2022

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Traditionalism vs egalitarianism: Is there an association between gender attitudes and mental health?

T King, F Perales, A Singh, L Gurrin, B Crammond

article Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 56 (7), 844-851, 2022

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Associations between dental caries and ponderal growth in children: A Cambodian study

B Turton, T Chher, S Hak, K Sokal-Gutierrez, DL Peralta, A Laillou, ...

article Journal of Global Health 12, 04046, 2022

event 2022

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Home ownership, income and oral health of children in Australia—A population‐based study

L Fleitas Alfonzo, R Bentley, A Singh

article Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 50 (3), 156-163, 2022

event 2022

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P74 Clustering of housing disadvantages and association with quality of life among Australian children

Y Li, A Singh, R Bentley

article J Epidemiol Community Health 76 (Suppl 1), A79-A80, 2022

event 2022

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Associations between young informal caring and mental health: a prospective observational study using augmented inverse probability weighting

T King, A Singh, G Disney

article The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific 15, 2021

event 2021

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Association between disability status and dental attendance in Australia—a population‐based study

CP Lopez Silva, A Singh, H Calache, HA Derbi, GL Borromeo

article Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 49 (1), 33-39, 2021

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Simulating future public health benefits of tobacco control interventions: a systematic review of models

A Singh, N Wilson, T Blakely

article Tobacco control 30 (4), 460-470, 2021

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Role of social support in the relationship between financial hardship and multimorbidity—a causal mediation analysis

A Singh, D Contreras Suarez, E You, L Fleitas Alfonzo, T King

article European Journal of Public Health 31 (3), 482-487, 2021

event 2021

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Mapping the triple burden of smoking, smokeless tobacco and alcohol consumption among adults in 28,521 communities across 640 districts of India: A sex-stratified multilevel …

PK Singh, N Singh, P Jain, P Sinha, C Kumar, L Singh, A Singh, A Yadav, ...

article Health & place 69, 102565, 2021

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Associations between residential greenness and self-reported heart disease in Sri Lankan men: A cross-sectional study

JP Silva, A Singh, B Oldenburg, W Gunathunga, A Alagiyawanna, ...

article Plos one 16 (5), e0252382, 2021

event 2021

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OP15 Housing disadvantage in childhood and health: a systematic review

Y Li, R Bentley, A Singh, LF Alfonzo

article J Epidemiol Community Health 75 (Suppl 1), A7-A7, 2021

event 2021

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Harnessing new approaches and contemporary methods for better evidence on housing and health

A Singh

article INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 50, 218-218, 2021

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868 Harnessing new approaches and contemporary methods for better evidence on housing and health

A Singh

article International Journal of Epidemiology 50 (Supplement_1), dyab168. 615, 2021

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989 Relationship between housing tenure and cigarette smoking among adolescents–A population-based study

A Singh, K Simons, Y Li, R Bentley

article International Journal of Epidemiology 50 (Supplement_1), dyab168. 616, 2021

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902 Effect modification by homeownership in the relationship between household income and child oral health

LF Alfonzo, R Bentley, A Singh

article International Journal of Epidemiology 50 (Supplement_1), dyab168. 202, 2021

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1202 Examining the mental health effect of caring among adolescents using augmented inverse probability treatment weighting

T King, A Singh, G Disney

article International Journal of Epidemiology 50 (Supplement_1), dyab168. 352, 2021

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Proportional multistate lifetable modelling of preventive interventions: concepts, code and worked examples

T Blakely, R Moss, J Collins, A Mizdrak, A Singh, N Carvalho, N Wilson, ...

article International journal of epidemiology 49 (5), 1624-1636, 2020

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Implications of multimorbidity on healthcare utilisation and work productivity by socioeconomic groups: cross-sectional analyses of Australia and Japan

G Sum, M Ishida, GCH Koh, A Singh, B Oldenburg, JT Lee

article PLoS One 15 (4), e0232281, 2020

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Depression symptoms and recurrent aphthous stomatitis—Evidence from a population‐based study in Indonesia

N Hariyani, T Bramantoro, R Nair, A Singh, K Sengupta

article Oral Diseases 26 (5), 948-954, 2020

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Progress towards reducing sociodemographic disparities in breastfeeding outcomes in Indonesia: a trend analysis from 2002 to 2017

NS Saputri, BRM Spagnoletti, A Morgan, SA Wilopo, A Singh, B McPake, ...

article BMC public health 20 (1), 1112, 2020

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Do financial hardship and social support mediate the effect of unaffordable housing on mental health?

A Singh, Z Aitken, E Baker, R Bentley

article Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 55 (6), 705-713, 2020

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Area-level associations between built environment characteristics and disability prevalence in Australia: An ecological analysis

N Fortune, A Singh, H Badland, RJ Stancliffe, G Llewellyn

article International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (21), 7844, 2020

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Geographic variation in tobacco use in India: a population-based multilevel cross-sectional study

A Singh, M Arora, R Bentley, MJ Spittal, LG Do, N Grills, DR English

article BMJ open 10 (6), e033178, 2020

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Impact of tax and tobacco-free generation on health-adjusted life years in the Solomon Islands: a multistate life table simulation

A Singh, FS Petrović-van der Deen, N Carvalho, AD Lopez, T Blakely

article Tobacco control 29 (4), 388-397, 2020

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Socio-economic inequalities in Oral health

A Singh, JLF Antunes, MA Peres

article Oral epidemiology: A textbook on oral health conditions, research topics and …, 2020

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Socioeconomic inequalities in clustering of health-compromising behaviours among Indian adolescents

MR Mathur, A Singh, VK Mishra, P Parmar, D Nagrath, RG Watt, G Tsakos

article Indian Journal of Community Medicine 45 (2), 139-144, 2020

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Associations between public transport accessibility around homes and schools and walking and cycling among adolescents

SHB Zulkefli, A Barr, A Singh, A Carver, S Mavoa, J Scheurer, H Badland, ...

article Children 7 (4), 30, 2020

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Associations between Individual‐level and Area‐level social disadvantage and oral health behaviours in Australian adolescents

N Kaunein, A Singh, T King

article Australian Dental Journal 65 (4), 286-293, 2020

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Ecosocial Oral Health Epidemiology

S Jorge Moysés, A Singh

article Oral Epidemiology: A Textbook on Oral Health Conditions, Research Topics and …, 2020

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Satisfaction Level of Farmers Regarding e-Choupal Services

T Raghvanshi, N Awasthi, AK Singh, M Singh

article Indian Journal of Extension Education 56 (2), 55-60, 2020

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Housing disadvantage and poor mental health: a systematic review

A Singh, L Daniel, E Baker, R Bentley

article American journal of preventive medicine 57 (2), 262-272, 2019

event 2019

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The relationship between income and oral health: a critical review

A Singh, MA Peres, RG Watt

article Journal of dental research 98 (8), 853-860, 2019

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Periodontal and chronic kidney disease association: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

K Kapellas, A Singh, M Bertotti, GG Nascimento, LM Jamieson, ...

article Nephrology 24 (2), 202-212, 2019

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How are the built environment and household travel characteristics associated with children's active transport in Melbourne, Australia?

A Carver, A Barr, A Singh, H Badland, S Mavoa, R Bentley

article Journal of Transport & Health 12, 115-129, 2019

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Associations between gender-role attitudes and mental health outcomes in a nationally representative sample of Australian adolescents

TL King, A Singh, A Milner

article Journal of Adolescent Health 65 (1), 72-78, 2019

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Area‐level social development and indicators of public dental services in Southern Brazil

H Godoi, A Singh, ALSF de Mello, DS Brennan, MA Peres

article Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 47 (3), 274-280, 2019

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Area-level income inequality and oral health among Australian adults—a population-based multilevel study

A Singh, J Harford, JLF Antunes, MA Peres

article PloS one 13 (1), e0191438, 2018

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Investigating societal determinants of oral health—Opportunities and challenges in multilevel studies

A Singh, J Harford, MA Peres

article Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 46 (4), 317-327, 2018

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School environment assessment tools to address behavioural risk factors of non-communicable diseases: A scoping review

K Saluja, T Rawal, S Bassi, S Bhaumik, A Singh, MH Park, S Kinra, ...

article Preventive medicine reports 10, 1-8, 2018

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Is tobacco use as a gateway behavioral risk factor? Clustering of health compromising behaviours among urban Indian adolescents & associated inequalities

M Mathur, R Watt, G Tsakos, P Parmar, A Singh

article Tobacco Induced Diseases 16 (1), 2018

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