Dental visits and personality traits among young adults

Quintessence International

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2007, Pages e379-e383

  Levin, Liran ^a,b,c   Proter, Noam E ^c   Levin, Sagit ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Medical Corps ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance; Bowlby; Dental fear; Psychologic attachment; Psychologic evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548831985     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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