Attitudes to dental health and care among 20 to 25-year-old Swedes: Results from a questionnaire

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 102-106

  Stenberg, Per ^a   Håkansson, Jan ^a   Åkerman, Sigvard ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dental health; Oral hygiene; Social psychology; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL DEVICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PAIN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PAIN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034203242     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163500429217     Document Type: Article

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