A 20-year perspective on the changing use of hand over mouth (HOM) and restraint in postdoctoral pediatric dental education

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-306

  Acs, George ^a,b   Hersch, Geoffrey ^a   Testen, Robert D ^a,b   Ng, Man Wai ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION, DENTAL, GRADUATE; FACULTY, DENTAL; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0035407750     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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