Parental anxiety as a possible predisposing factor to child dental anxiety in patients seen in a suburban dental hospital in Nigeria

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-259

  Folayan, M O ^a   Adekoya Sofowora, C A ^a   Otuyemi, O D ^a   Ufomata, D ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DENTAL ANXIETY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NIGERIA; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 0036635361     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-263X.2002.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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