Initial development of a scale to measure dental indifference

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 112-116

  Nuttall, Nigel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dental anxiety; Dental attendance; Dental indifference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030119865     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00825.x     Document Type: Article

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