Dental students' experiences with and attitudes toward people with mental retardation

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-357

  Wolff, Adam J ^a,b   Waldman, H Barry ^c   Milano, Michael ^a   Perlman, Steve P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b State University of New York ^*  (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Global Clinical Department

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142660113     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0187     Document Type: Article

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