Oral health behaviour and its determinants amongst Iranian dental students

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-47

  Khami, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Virtanen, Jorma I ^a   Jafarian, Mohammad ^b   Murtomaa, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Dental students; Knowledge; Oral health behaviour; Preventive dentistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL STUDENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 33847774147     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2007.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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