Changes in levels of dental anxiety as a function of dental experience

Behavior Modification

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-68

  Locker, David ^b   Liddell, Andrée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONDITIONING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; EMOTION; FEAR; MENTAL DISEASE;

EID: 0342657674     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445500241003     Document Type: Article

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