Comparison of United States and Korean dental hygiene students using the Hiroshima University-Dental Behavioural Inventory (HU-DBI)

International Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 156-162

  Kawamura, Makoto ^a   Spadafora, Agnes ^a   Kim, Kang Ju ^a   Komabayashi, Takashi ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

American; Behavioural science; Cross cultural comparison; Dental health behaviour; Korean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HALITOSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HALITOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; STUDENTS; TOOTHBRUSHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036596794     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2002.tb00621.x     Document Type: Review

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