The relationship between tooth cleaning behaviour and flexibility of working time schedule

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 448-452

  Abegg, Claides ^a,b,e   Marcenes, Wagner ^c,d   Croucher, Ray ^d   Sheiham, Aubrey ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Departamento de Odontologia Preventiva e Social   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental plaque; Flexibility; Time schedule; Tooth clearing; Work characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONS; ORAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0033161537     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051X.1999.260706.x     Document Type: Article

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