Oral health-related quality of life for 8-10-year-old children: An assessment of a new measure

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 326-332

  Humphris, Gerry ^a   Freeman, Ruth ^b   Gibson, Barry ^c   Simpson, Kirk ^b   Whelton, Helen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Oral health related quality of life; Reliability and validity; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 26944478625     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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