Self-assessed dental health, oral health practices, and general health behaviors in Chinese urban adolescents

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 343-352

  Jiang, Han ^a   Petersen, Poul Erik ^b,c   Peng, Bin ^a   Tai, Baojun ^a   Bian, Zhuan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Dental health; General health; Lifestyles; Oral health behavior; PR China

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOUTH HYGIENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH PAIN; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; DIET, CARIOGENIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 32644447219     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350500216982     Document Type: Article

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