A logistic regression model for analyzing the relation between dentists' attitudes, behavior, and knowledge in oral radiology

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-219

  Svenson, Björn ^a   Gröndahl, Hans Göran ^b   Söderfeldt, Björn ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes of health personnel; Education, dental, continuing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, DENTAL; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0032133415     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016359850142826     Document Type: Article

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