Knowledge and attitude of Iranian dental school educators towards prevention

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-186

  Khami, Mohammad R ^a,b   Murtomaa, Heikki ^a   Jafarian, Mohammad ^b   Virtanen, Jorma I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Dental education; Knowledge; Preventive dentistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, DENTAL;

EID: 38449093336     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a12528     Document Type: Article

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