Gender differences in oral health knowledge and behavior of the health science college students in Kuwait

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-46

  Al Ansari, Jassem M ^a,b   Honkala, Sisko ^c  

^a Department of Academic Affairs ^*  (Kuwait)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KUWAIT; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING STUDENT; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; SCHOOLS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 34047113375     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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