Perceptions of orthodontic treatment need: Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 303-306

  Bearn, David ^a   Wright, Jean ^a   Kay, Elizabeth ^a   O'Brien, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental health services; Orthodontics; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTIST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0030255302     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00866.x     Document Type: Article

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