Research in Dental Health Education and Health Promotion: A Review of the Literature

Health Education & Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 83-102

  Brown, Louise F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RESEARCH;

EID: 0028394308     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819402100109     Document Type: Review

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