Oral self-care behaviours: Comparing Greek and Japanese dental students

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 164-170

  Polychronopoulou, Argy ^a   Kawamura, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental student; Greece; Japan; Oral self care behaviour

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL STUDENT; GREECE; HALITOSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; TIME; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DENTAL CARE; GREECE; HALITOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 32944469856     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2005.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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