Oral health knowledge and behavior among male health sciences college students in Kuwait

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-6

  Al Ansari, Jassem ^a   Honkala, Eino ^b   Honkala, Sisko ^b  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIST; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

EID: 3042563218     PISSN: 14726831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-3-1     Document Type: Article

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