Attitudes of Chinese people toward obtaining dental care in the UK

British Dental Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 188-191

  Kwan, S Y L ^a   Williams, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CULTURE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0032558247     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809768     Document Type: Article

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