Conversion tables for the Corah and Modified Dental Anxiety Scales

Community Dental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-54

  Freeman, R ^a   Clarke, H M M ^b   Humphris, G M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversion tables; Corah; Dental anxiety scales; Modified; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947265989     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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