An investigation of parents' attitudes to dental health and school dental screening

Community Dental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-109

  Preston, S T ^a   Davies, G M ^b,d   Craven, R ^c  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Manchester Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parents; Qualitative research; School screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SCHOOL DENTISTRY;

EID: 0035381124     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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