Quality evaluation of oral health record-keeping for finnish young adults

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 288-292

  Helminen, Sari E ^a   Vehkalahti, Miira ^b   Murtomaa, Heikki ^b   Kekki, Pertti ^b   Ketomäki, Taina Mari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dentist characteristics; Patient history; Public oral health care; Standards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; DENTISTS, WOMEN; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; JAW RELATION RECORD; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 0032174842     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163598428464     Document Type: Article

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