Sexual differences in oral health behaviour and factors associated with oral health behaviour in Japanese young adults

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-109

  Tada, Akio ^a   Hanada, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a Chiba City Health Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental health knowledge; Gender; Oral health behaviour; Young adult

Indexed keywords

DENTITION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0742302586     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2003.05.007     Document Type: Article

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