Dental fear among population aged 30 years and older in Finland

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Lahti, Satu ^a,b   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^c   Nordblad, Anne ^d   Hausen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Sosiaali ja terveysministerio   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adults; Dental anxiety; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247402979     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350601058085     Document Type: Article

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