Dental appointment no-shows: Why do some parents fail to take their children to the dentist?

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Hallberg, Ulrika ^a   Camling, Elisabeth ^b   Zickert, Ingegerd ^b   Robertson, Agneta ^c   Berggren, Ulf ^c  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b Public Dental Service   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARENTS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 37149008641     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2007.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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