Validity and limitations of self-reported periodontal health

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 431-437

  Buhlin, Kåre ^a   Gustafsson, Anders ^a   Andersson, Kerstin ^a   Håkansson, Jan ^b   Klinge, Björn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b National Social Insurance Board   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Number of teeth; Periodontology agreement; Questionnaire; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036886047     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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