The dental anxiety scale (DAS) and the dental fear survey (DFS) - two questionnaires for the measurement of dental fear

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Psychologie

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 63-72

  Tönnies, Sven ^a   Mehrstedt, Mats ^b   Eisentraut, Idis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Zahnärztliche Angst Ambulanz ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental anxiety scale; Dental fear; Dental fear survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244412655     PISSN: 09405569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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