Dental attendance and anxiety among public and private school children in Jordan

International Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-29

  Taani, D Quteish ^a,b  

^a Jordan Univ of Sci and Technology ^*

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dental anxiety; Dental attendance; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; JORDAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036482795     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2002.tb00593.x     Document Type: Article

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