Personality variables in patients with self-reported reactions to dental amalgam

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 310-314

  Dalen, Knut ^a   Lygre, Gunvor Bentung ^b   Kløve, Hallgrim ^b   Gjerdet, Nils Roar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dental amalgam, adverse effects; Mercury, adverse effects; MMPI; Personality disorders, diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; DENTAL ALLOY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DENTAL SURGERY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHASTHENIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONVERSION DISORDER; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0347588094     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350310006762     Document Type: Article

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