Gender differences in reported dental fear and fear of dental pain

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-428

  Heft, Marc W ^a,c   Meng, Xiaoxian ^b   Bradley, Margaret M ^a   Lang, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental pain; Dread; Fear; Gender; Wording

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL ANXIETY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL ANXIETY; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 34547370865     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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