Heart murmurs: Are older male dental patients aware of their existence?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-176

  Randall, Carolyn Wehler ^a,b   Kressin, Nancy R ^a   Garcia, Raul I ^e   Sims, Holly ^a,c   Kazis, Lewis ^d   Jones, Judith A ^a  

^a Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Inova Mt Vernon Hospital   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0035258617     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2001.0151     Document Type: Article

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