Clinical characteristics of somatization in dental practice

British Dental Journal

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-154

  De Jongh, A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Ctr Psychother and Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Special Dental Care SBT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM; TOOTH PAIN; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; FACE PAIN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242273252     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4810404     Document Type: Article

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