Reasons underlying failure to seek dental treatment among Nairobi University students

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 320-322

  Wakiaga, J M ^a   Kaimenyi, J T ^a   Kisumbi, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030137728     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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