The management of the Muslim dental patient

British Dental Journal

Volumn 199, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 503-504

  Darwish, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SHORT SURVEY; TOOTH BRUSHING;

CULTURE; DENTAL CARE; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 27644561025     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4812807     Document Type: Short Survey

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