Anxiety related to dental general anaesthesia: Changes in anxiety in children and their parents

European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-14

  Balmer, R ^a   O'Sullivan, E A ^a   Pollard, M A ^a   Curzon, M E J ^a  

^a LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; General anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL ANXIETY; HUMANS; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 2342651427     PISSN: 1591996X     EISSN: 2035648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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