Provision of domiciliary dental care by Scottish dentists: A national survey

British Dental Journal

Volumn 202, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Sweeney, M P ^a   Manton, S ^b   Kennedy, C ^a   MacPherson, L M D ^a   Turner, S ^c  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Mackenzie Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34248561004     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.79     Document Type: Article

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