Increased self-reported dental anxiety following completion of a dental history questionnaire

Psychological Reports

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-62

  Wilson, Josephine F ^a   Sinisko, Stephen A ^b  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; STUDENT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031204822     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.1.59     Document Type: Article

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