Trends in toothbrushing frequency among Finnish adolescents between 1977 and 1995

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-88

  Kuusela, Sisko ^a   Honkala, Eino ^a   Rimpelä, Arja ^a   Karvonen, Sakari ^a   Rimpelä, Matti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Finland; Oral health behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0031159168     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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