Dental screening in schools: The views of parents, teachers and school nurses

British Dental Journal

Volumn 201, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 769-773

  Tickle, M ^a   Milsom, K M ^b   Buchanan, K ^b   Blinkhorn, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Halton Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

CHILD; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FACULTY; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS; PARENTS; SCHOOL NURSING;

EID: 33845808230     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4814351     Document Type: Article

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