Dental check-up frequency: Preferences of Dutch patients

Community Dental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-139

  Schouten, Barbara C ^a   Mettes, T G ^b   Weeda, W ^c   Hoogstraten, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dental check up visits; Recall frequency; Social dentistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748623622     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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